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A novel phosphodiester receptor 1-(2-guanidinoethyl)-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane hydrochloride
1 wassynthesized. DNA cleavage efficiency of
1 exhibits remarkable increases compared with its Zn
II complex and corresponding nonguanidinium compound
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane and parent 1,4,7-triazacyclononane.Kinetic data of DNA cleavage promoted by
1 fit to aMichaelis-Menten-type equation with
kmax of 0.160 h
-1giving 10
7-fold rate acceleration over uncatalyzed DNA. Theacceleration is driven by the spatial proximity of thenucleophilic hydroxyl group and the electrophilic activationfor the phosphodiester by the guanidinium group.