期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1992
卷号：89
期号：15
页码：7114-7118
DOI：10.1073/pnas.89.15.7114
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：A series of peptide-acridine conjugates was designed and synthesized, based on three features of the proposed catalytic mechanism of RNase A: 2'-proton abstraction by His-12, proton donation to the leaving 5'-oxygen by His-119, and stabilization of the pentacoordinated phosphorous transition state by Lys-41. The substrate binding capability of RNase A was mimicked by the intercalator, acridine. Lysine served as a linker between acridine and the catalytic tripeptide. Cleavage of target RNA was monitored by agarose gel electrophoresis and by gel-permeation chromatography. The carboxyl-amidated conjugates HGHK(Acr)-NH2, HPHK(Acr)-NH2, and GGHK(Acr)-NH2 (where Acr indicates 2-methyl-9-acridinemethylene) all had similar hydrolytic activity. The catalytic mechanism most likely involved only the abstraction of the 2'-proton and stabilization of the transition state. These RNase mimics utilized rRNA and single-stranded RNA but not double-stranded RNA and tRNA as substrates.
