Visible light-induced nuclease activity of a ternary mono-phenanthroline copper(II) complex containing L-methionine as a photosensitizer

Patra, Ashis K. ; Nethaji, Munirathinam ; Chakravarty, Akhil R. (2003) Visible light-induced nuclease activity of a ternary mono-phenanthroline copper(II) complex containing L-methionine as a photosensitizer Chemical Communications (13). pp. 1562-1563. ISSN 1359-7345

Full text not available from this repository.

Official URL: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2003...

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B303442A

Abstract

Ternary copper(II) complex, structurally characterized as [Cu(phen)(met)(MeOH)](ClO4) (1) by X-ray crystallography, has 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) as an intercalator/binder to supercoiled pUC19 DNA and L-methionine (met) as a photosensitizer, and the complex displays efficient photonuclease activity on irradiation with UV (312 nm) or visible (436, 532 nm) light through a mechanistic pathway involving singlet oxygen.

Item Type:Article
Source:Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
ID Code:78308
Deposited On:19 Jan 2012 06:40
Last Modified:19 Jan 2012 06:42

Repository Staff Only: item control page