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The solution structure of the cis-Pt-GTG adduct in the double-stranded oligomer d(CTCTAGTGCTCAC).td(GTGAGCACTAGAG) was studied with high-resolution NMR techniques. For model building, the distance information obtained from two-dimensional NOE experiments was used in molecular mechanic computations and molecular dynamic structure refinements. The structural distortion upon platination appears to be restricted to the base pairs Pt-G6.C21 and T7.A20; Pt-G8.C19 forms a normal Watson-Crick base pair. T7 is positioned in the minor groove and stacks with the highly propeller-twisted Pt-G6. There is no hydrogen bonding between T7 and A20. The complementary strand is undistorted; A20 stacks with its flanking cytidines (C19 and C21) as in regular B-DNA. The duplex is locally unwound (from base pair A5.T22 to G8.C19: 19 degrees) and is slightly kinked (20 degrees) at the platination site. The platinum coordination distorts the DNA structure at the 5' side of the platinated-GTG-sequence and changes the minor groove face.

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The trinucleotide d(CpGpT) reacts with [PtClidien)lCl (dien = diethylenetriamine) to yield as a single adduct Pt(dien)[d(CpGpT)-N7(2)]. The structure of this adduct in solution has been analysed with the aid of NMR spectroscopy and compared with that of the unmodified trinucleotide. A change in the population of the S conformer of the guanosine deoxyribose ring and a syn preference of the guanine residue are the most important changes occurring upon platination. As a result the dC-dG stack disappears, whereas the dG-dT stack is hardly affected. The CD spectra of both platinated and free d(CpGpT) confirm the different nature of the two molecules.DNA is believed to be the major target for the tumorinhibiting agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(I1) [