With their hydrolytic, optical and magnetic properties, nucleic acids, In addition, nucleotide-coordinated LnTM anthanide ions （Ln3＋） are versatile probes for ons form useful oanoparticles. However, the thermodynam...With their hydrolytic, optical and magnetic properties, nucleic acids, In addition, nucleotide-coordinated LnTM anthanide ions （Ln3＋） are versatile probes for ons form useful oanoparticles. However, the thermodynamic basis of their interaction is still lacking. In this work, isothermal titration calorimetry （ITC） is used to study the binding between nuc]eotides and 14 different Ln3＋ ions. Ln3＋ interacts mainly with the phosphate of cytidine and thymidine monophosphate （CMP and TMP）, while the nucleobases in adenosine and guanosine monophosphate （AMP and GMP） are also involved. Phosphate binding is fully entropy driven since the reactions absorb heat. Nucleosides alone do not bind Ln3＋ and the purines need the phosphate for chelation. With increasing atomic number of Ln3＋, tile binding reaction with GMP goes from exothermic to endothermic. The entropy contribution starts to increase from Gd3＋, explaining the ＇gadolinium break＇ observed in many Ln3＋-mediated RNA cleavage reactions. This study provides fundamental insights into the Ln3＋/nucleotide interactions, and it is useful for understanding related biosensors, nanomaterials, catalysts, and for lanthanide separation.展开更多
基金Funding for this work is from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)
文摘With their hydrolytic, optical and magnetic properties, nucleic acids, In addition, nucleotide-coordinated LnTM anthanide ions （Ln3＋） are versatile probes for ons form useful oanoparticles. However, the thermodynamic basis of their interaction is still lacking. In this work, isothermal titration calorimetry （ITC） is used to study the binding between nuc]eotides and 14 different Ln3＋ ions. Ln3＋ interacts mainly with the phosphate of cytidine and thymidine monophosphate （CMP and TMP）, while the nucleobases in adenosine and guanosine monophosphate （AMP and GMP） are also involved. Phosphate binding is fully entropy driven since the reactions absorb heat. Nucleosides alone do not bind Ln3＋ and the purines need the phosphate for chelation. With increasing atomic number of Ln3＋, tile binding reaction with GMP goes from exothermic to endothermic. The entropy contribution starts to increase from Gd3＋, explaining the ＇gadolinium break＇ observed in many Ln3＋-mediated RNA cleavage reactions. This study provides fundamental insights into the Ln3＋/nucleotide interactions, and it is useful for understanding related biosensors, nanomaterials, catalysts, and for lanthanide separation.
