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Oligomerization route to Py-Im polyamide macrocycles.

ABSTRACT: Cyclic eight-ring pyrrole-imidazole polyamides are sequence-specific DNA-binding small molecules that are cell permeable and can regulate endogenous gene expression. Syntheses of cyclic polyamides have been achieved by solid-phase and solution-phase methods. A rapid solution-phase oligomerization approach to eight-ring symmetrical cyclic polyamides yields 12- and 16-membered macrocycles as well. A preference for DNA binding by the 8- and 16-membered oligomers was observed over the 12-ring macrocycle, which we attributed to a conformational constraint not present in the smaller and larger systems.

SUBMITTER: Chenoweth DM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2736337 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Oligomerization route to Py-Im polyamide macrocycles.

Chenoweth David M DM Harki Daniel A DA Dervan Peter B PB

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Cyclic eight-ring pyrrole-imidazole polyamides are sequence-specific DNA-binding small molecules that are cell permeable and can regulate endogenous gene expression. Syntheses of cyclic polyamides have been achieved by solid-phase and solution-phase methods. A rapid solution-phase oligomerization approach to eight-ring symmetrical cyclic polyamides yields 12- and 16-membered macrocycles as well. A preference for DNA binding by the 8- and 16-membered oligomers was observed over the 12-ring macroc ...[more]

PMID: 19627138

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