Interaction centers of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides in their reactions with Cu(II), Ni(II), Co(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) Ions

It has been established that in ATP complexes with Cu(II), Co(II) and Cd(II) ions, the metallation centres are the oxygen atoms of the phosphate group and the nitrogen atom N(7) from the purine ring. The spectral data suggest some involvement of N(1) atom in these interactions. In the ATP complexes with Ni(II) the main centres of coordination were found to be N(7) and N(1), while the contribution of the oxygen atoms from the phosphate group is of secondary importance. In the ATP complexes with Hg(II) ions, above pH 7, the metallation involves only the oxygen atoms from the phosphate group, while the N(I) and N(7) atoms are outside the inner sphere of coordination. In the complexes of CTP with the metal ions studied the interaction centres are the oxygen atoms from the phosphate group and N(3) from the pyrimidine ring. However, in the case of complexes with Ni(II), the main centre of interaction is N(3), while the involvement of the oxygen atoms from the phosphate group is of minor importance.