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ArticleBeilstein journal of organic chemistry2023

Phenanthridine-pyrene conjugates as fluorescent probes for DNA/RNA and an inactive mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme.

Josipa Matić, Tana Tandarić, Marijana Radić Stojković, Filip Šupljika, Zrinka Karačić, Ana Tomašić Paić, Lucija Horvat, Robert Vianello, Lidija-Marija Tumir

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Article in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Uracil-Peptide-Pyrene Conjugates as CuChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Josipa MatićLaboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-0446
Tana TandarićLaboratory for the Computational Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Marijana Radić StojkovićLaboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-6534
Filip ŠupljikaLaboratory for Physical Chemistry and Corrosion, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Zrinka KaračićLaboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Modelling, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ana Tomašić PaićLaboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Modelling, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Lucija HorvatLaboratory for Molecular Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Robert VianelloLaboratory for the Computational Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Lidija-Marija TumirLaboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8400-2622
Ruđer Bošković Institute · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two novel conjugate molecules were designed: pyrene and phenanthridine-amino acid units with a different linker length between the aromatic fragments. Molecular modelling combined with spectrophotometric experiments revealed that in neutral and acidic buffered water solutions conjugates predominantly exist in intramolecularly stacked conformations because of the π-π stacking interaction between pyrene and phenanthridine moieties. The investigated systems exhibited a pH-dependent excimer formation that is significantly red-shifted relative to the pyrene and phenanthridine fluorescence. While the conjugate with a short linker showed negligible spectrophotometric changes due to the polynucleotide addition, the conjugate with a longer and more flexible linker exhibited a micromolar and submicromolar binding affinity for ds-polynucleotides and inactivated a mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme E451A. Confocal microscopy revealed that the conjugate with the longer linker entered the HeLa cell membranes and blue fluorescence was visualized as the dye accumulated in the cell membrane.

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dipeptidyl peptidase enzymeexcimermolecular dynamics simulationsphenanthridinepolynucleotidepyrene

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PMID37153642
PMCPMC10155618
OpenAlexW4375956184

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