• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.86-89
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• 2006

The novel tetranuclear nickel (II) complex is a high rate accelerator in promoting hydrolysis of phosphate diesters. Nickel-bound bis-nitrophenyl phosphate (BNPP) can be $10^4$ times more reactive than the unbound BNPP. The large rate of enhancements by the complex slightly under basic condition has shown high catalytic activity in phosphate diester cleavage. The bell-shaped pH-rate profile indicated that the nickel-oxide form of the tetranuclear complex or its kinetic equivalent was the active species for cleaving BNPP. The catalytic hydrolysis between tetranuclear nickel (II) complex and phosphate diester proceeds via the formation of bidentate coordination of the anionic phosphate to the Ni (II) atom. This reveals that the complex has the possibility as artificial nuclease.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.447-450
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• 1994

RNA의 가수분해시에 생성되는 cyclic phosphate 중간체의 모델 화합물인 ethylene phosphate의 P-O결합 분해속도 상수는 $100^{\circ}C$ 에서 $k=3{\times}10^{-7}s^{-1}({\Delta}H{\neq}=24\;kcal,\;{\Delta}S{\neq}=25.5\;eu)$이었으며 DNA모델 화합물인 dimethylphosphate는 $150^{\circ}C$에서 $1{\times}10^{-11}s^{-1}({\Delta}H{\neq}=36\;kcal,\;{\Delta}S{\neq}=25.5\;eu)$이었다. RNA모델 화합물인 hydroxyethylmethylphosphate의 가수분해는 dimethylphosphate의 C-O결합이 가수분해되는 반응속도와 비교될 만한 정도의 반응속도가 관측되었다.