inhibitors of DNA-binding proteins

[theodorn at medlib.georgetown.edu]

In article <6rv2ij$he5 at neuro.usc.edu>,
  william at neuro.usc.edu (William Sun) wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Can anyone think of an example(s) where a small molecule (MW < 500) can
> inhibit a DNA-binding protein (e.g. transcription factors)?
>
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If you want to get much smaller than 500 daltons, you might be out of luck.
This reminds me of a "rule-of-thumb" we had in a lab I used to work in.  If
you wanted to guess the molecular weight of an inhibitor (e.g., to do a quick
and dirty estimate of the molar concentration), then assume it's 500 daltons.
 Most of the ones that we used had a molecular weight within 10-20% of that
figure. We called it "Cleveland's Rule: The molecular weight of anything
(ie., any inhibitor) is 500."  I'll look around at the ones in the lab later
to see how well it holds up.

Nick Theodorakis

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