Interaction of DNA nucleotide bases with anticancer drug ThioTEPA: molecular docking and quantum-mechanical analysis

Autor: A. I. Samtsevich, L. A. Bulavin, L. F. Sukhodub, T. Yu. Nikolaienko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, Vol 86, Iss 2, Pp 50-59 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2409-4943
2413-5003
DOI: 10.15407/ubj86.02.050
Popis: Using modern methods of molecular docking­, quantum chemistry and quantum theory of atoms­ in molecules the interaction of anticancer drug ThioTEPA­ with isolated nucleotide bases and deoxy­ribonucleosidemonophosphates of DNA has been studied. Physical properties and some trends of binding­ have been established for the complexes of “nucleotide base + ThioTEPA” and “deoxyribonucleosidemonophosphate + ThioTEPA” types. It has been shown that strong hydrogen bonds of NH•••N type are the key factor responsible for high selectivi­ty of binding of ThioTEPA to the guanine-containing­ units of the DNA.
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