The effect of several nucleic acid binding drugs on the cleavage of d(GGAATTCC) and pBR 322 by the Eco RI restriction endonuclease.
The endonucleolytic action of the EcoRI restriction enzyme on the double-stranded oligonucleotide d(GGAATTCC) and the supercoiled plasmid DNA pBR 233 is inhibited by actinomycin D, ethidium bromide, proflavin, distamycin A and netropsin. Half-maximal inhibition is observed at around 100 microM concentrations for the intercalating drugs, and around 0.1 to 1 microM concentrations for netropsin and distamycin A. The inhibitory activity of these drugs can be correlated with their affinity to the oligonucleotide and the plasmid DNA. Since at high concentrations of the drugs a complete inhibition is observed, it is concluded that the effect of the drugs on the stereochemistry of the EcoRI site is such that recognition is excluded.
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