For investigating the biological function of ADPR, four novel analogues (compounds 2-5) in which the pyrophosphate linkage was replaced by the aspartic acid dipeptide were synthesized. 5'-Amino adenosine or its analogues was used as the starting material, liquid phase peptide synthesis strategy was used to construct these ADPR analogues. The structures were characterized by 1H NMR and HRMS spectra. This study provides a versatile synthesis of peptide modified ADPR analogues and helps to understand the structure-activity relationship of ADPR.
Aim To study the binding behavior between human serum albumin (HSA) and phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (PS- ODN) and the effects of bivalent cations on the interaction. Methods Surface plasma resonance, circular dichroism and fluorescence experiments were conducted. Results ( 1 ) the binding ability was decreased along with the increase of pH; (2) Zn^2+and Ni^2+ enhanced the interaction between PS-ODN and HSA; (3) Upon PS-ODN binding, the conformation of HSA was changed with an increase of β - sheet. Conclusion The results provide experimental evidences to the hypothesis that PS-ODN binds with HSA in the positive potential region, and histidine residues located in the region play a crucial rule in the interaction.