Binding of transition metal complexes to guanine and guanine–cytosine: hydrogen bonding and covalent effects

Zn2+ Complexes of Di- and Tri-nucleating

Zn2+ Complexes of Di- and Tri-nucleating Azacrown Ligands as Base-Moiety-Selective Cleaving Agents of RNA 3′,5′-Phosphodiester Bonds: Binding to Guanine Base

✍ Qi Wang; Ewelina Leino; Attila Jancsó; István Szilágyi; Tamás Gajda; Emilia Hiet 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 681 KB

## Abstract The ability of the dinuclear Zn^2+^ complex of 1,4‐bis[(1,5,9‐triazacyclododecan‐3‐yloxy)methyl]benzene (**L**^**1**^) to promote the cleavage of the phosphodiester bond of dinucleoside‐3′,5′‐monophosphates that contain a guanine base has been studied over a narrow pH range from pH 5.8