title: Dissociation of minor groove binders from DNA: insights from metadynamics simulations.
abstract: We have used metadynamics to investigate the mechanism of noncovalent dissociation from DNA by two representatives of alkylating and noncovalent minor groove (MG) binders. The compounds are anthramycin in its anhydrous form (IMI) and distamycin A (DST), which differ in mode of binding, size, flexibility and net charge. This choice enables to evaluate the influence of such factors on the mechanism of dissociation. Dissociation of IMI requires an activation free energy of approximately 12 kcal/mol and occurs via local widening of the MG and loss of contacts between the drug and one DNA strand, along with the insertion of waters in between. The detachment of DST occurs at a larger free energy cost, approximately 16.5 or approximately 18 kcal/mol depending on the binding mode. These values compare well with that of 16.6 kcal/mol extracted from stopped-flow experiments. In contrast to IMI, an intermediate is found in which the ligand is anchored to the DNA through its amidinium tail. From this conformation, binding and unbinding occur almost at the same rate. Comparison between DST and with kinetic models for the dissociation of Hoechst 33258 from DNA uncovers common characteristics across different classes of noncovalent MG ligands.
authors.affiliation: CNR-INFM-SLACS and Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, I-09042 Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: Attilio Vittorio
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vargiu
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruggerone
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magistrato
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carloni
mesh_terms: D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D000876:Anthramycin / Q000737:chemistry*; D019295:Computational Biology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004214:Distamycins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents; D004214:Distamycins; D000876:Anthramycin; C030000:stallimycin; D004247:DNA
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