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Wang M, Gauthier A, Daley L, Dial K, Wu J, Woo J, Lin M, Ashby C, Mantell LL. The Role of HMGB1, a Nuclear Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern Molecule, in the Pathogenesis of Lung Diseases. Antioxid Redox Signal 2019; 31:954-993. [PMID: 31184204 PMCID: PMC6765066 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2019.7818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Significance: High-mobility group protein box 1 (HMGB1), a ubiquitous nuclear protein, regulates chromatin structure and modulates the expression of many genes involved in the pathogenesis of lung cancer and many other lung diseases, including those that regulate cell cycle control, cell death, and DNA replication and repair. Extracellular HMGB1, whether passively released or actively secreted, is a danger signal that elicits proinflammatory responses, impairs macrophage phagocytosis and efferocytosis, and alters vascular remodeling. This can result in excessive pulmonary inflammation and compromised host defense against lung infections, causing a deleterious feedback cycle. Recent Advances: HMGB1 has been identified as a biomarker and mediator of the pathogenesis of numerous lung disorders. In addition, post-translational modifications of HMGB1, including acetylation, phosphorylation, and oxidation, have been postulated to affect its localization and physiological and pathophysiological effects, such as the initiation and progression of lung diseases. Critical Issues: The molecular mechanisms underlying how HMGB1 drives the pathogenesis of different lung diseases and novel therapeutic approaches targeting HMGB1 remain to be elucidated. Future Directions: Additional research is needed to identify the roles and functions of modified HMGB1 produced by different post-translational modifications and their significance in the pathogenesis of lung diseases. Such studies will provide information for novel approaches targeting HMGB1 as a treatment for lung diseases.
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- Mao Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, New York
- Center for Inflammation and Immunology, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York
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Khalid S, Rodger P. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Dna and Its Complexes. PROGRESS IN REACTION KINETICS AND MECHANISM 2019. [DOI: 10.3184/007967404777726232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This article describes how classical molecular simulation methods are being used to gain a molecular-level understanding of the interaction mechanisms responsible for DNA–ligand recognition, and that govern the response of DNA to ligand binding. Case studies using a variety of different ligands—including small pharmaceutical drugs, proteins and lipids—are used to illustrate the power of modern molecular dynamics simulation methods for understanding how we may control the function and structure of DNA.
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- Syma Khalid
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Current address: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Musumeci D, Bucci EM, Roviello GN, Sapio R, Valente M, Moccia M, Bianchi ME, Pedone C. DNA-based strategies for blocking HMGB1 cytokine activity: design, synthesis and preliminary in vitro/in vivo assays of DNA and DNA-like duplexes. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 7:1742-52. [PMID: 21431162 DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05009e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In this work we report the design and synthesis of kinked oligonucleotide duplexes as potential inhibitors of HMGB1, a cytokine which triggers a broad range of immunological effects. We found that the designed ligands can interact with HMGB1, as evidenced by circular dichroism spectroscopy, and are able to block some extracellular effects induced by the protein, such as cellular proliferation and migration, as we demonstrated by in vitro biological assays. After selecting the most stable and active kinked duplex, we synthesized the corresponding PNA/DNA chimeric duplex which resulted to be more resistant to enzymatic degradation, and showed a biological activity comparable to that of the natural duplex. Preliminary in vivo assays in a mouse inflammatory model, showed a significant decrease of the mortality after administration of the PNA/DNA kinked duplex to LPS-treated mice.
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- Domenica Musumeci
- Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Napoli, Italy.
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A bulge binding agent with novel wedge-shape topology for stimulation of DNA triplet repeat strand slippage synthesis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:6184-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2008] [Revised: 09/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Liu L, Yi L, Yang X, Yu Z, Wen X, Xi Z. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of binaphthol aminosugars for stimulation of DNA strand slippage synthesis. Tetrahedron 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Zhang N, Lin Y, Xiao Z, Jones GB, Goldberg IH. Solution structure of a designed spirocyclic helical ligand binding at a two-base bulge site in DNA. Biochemistry 2007; 46:4793-803. [PMID: 17388570 PMCID: PMC2569200 DOI: 10.1021/bi602599d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The solution structure of the complex formed between an oligodeoxynucleotide containing a two-base bulge (5'-CCATCGTCTACCTTTGGTAGGATGG) and SCA-alpha2, a designed spirocyclic helical molecule, has been elucidated. SCA-alpha2, a close mimic of the metabolite, NCSi-gb, of the DNA bulge-specific enediyne antibiotic neocarzinostatin, differs in possessing a more stable spirocyclic ring system and in lacking certain bulky groupings that compromise bulged DNA binding. This study provides a detailed comparison of the binding modes of the two complexes and provides new insights into the importance of shape and space, as opposed to simple nucleotide sequence, in complex formation at the bulge site. The two rigidly held aromatic rings of SCA-alpha2 form a right-handed helical molecular wedge that specifically penetrates the bulge-binding pocket and immobilizes the two bulge residues (GT), which point toward the minor groove, rather than the major groove as in the NCSi-gb.bulged DNA complex. The ligand aromatic ring systems stack on the DNA bulge-flanking base pairs that define the long sides of the triangular prism binding pocket. Like NCSi-gb, SCA-alpha2 possesses the natural N-methylfuranose moiety, alpha-linked to the benzindanol (BI) moiety. The amino sugar anchors in the major groove of the DNA and points toward the 3'-bulge-flanking base pair. Lacking the bulky cyclocarbonate of NCSi-gb, the SCA-alpha2.bulged DNA complex has a much less twisted and buckled 3'-bulge-flanking base pair (dG20.dC8), and the G20 residue stacks directly above the BI ring platform. Also, the absence of the methyl group and the free rotation of the methoxy group on the dihydronaphthanone (NA) moiety of SCA-alpha2 allow better stacking geometry of the NA ring above the 5'-bulge-flanking dG21.dC5 base pair. These and other considerations help to explain why NCSi-gb binds very poorly to bulged RNA and are consistent with the recent observation of good binding with SCA-alpha2. Thus, although the two complexes resemble each other closely, they differ in important local environmental details. SCA-alpha2 has a better hand-in-glove fit at the bulge site, making it an ideal platform for the placement of moieties that can react covalently with the DNA and for generating congeners specific for bulges in RNA.
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- Na Zhang
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Irving H. Goldberg, Telephone: (617) 432−1787; Fax: (617) 432−0471, E-mail:
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Gaikwad NW, Hwang GS, Goldberg IH. Synthesis and NMR binding study of a chiral spirocyclic helical analogue of a natural DNA bulge binder. Org Lett 2006; 6:4833-6. [PMID: 15606078 DOI: 10.1021/ol048152c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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[reaction: see text] Synthesis of chiral spirocyclic helical compounds which mimic the molecular architecture of the potent DNA bulge binder obtained from the antitumor agent NCS-chrom has been accomplished. Structural analysis of the compounds by CD and NMR is presented. NMR titration study indicates binding of P,alpha-helimer (1d) at a two-base bulge site in a DNA oligomer, providing insight to the design of agents as specific probes of a bulged structure in nucleic acids.
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- Nilesh W Gaikwad
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Reddy MC, Christensen J, Vasquez KM. Interplay between human high mobility group protein 1 and replication protein A on psoralen-cross-linked DNA. Biochemistry 2005; 44:4188-95. [PMID: 15766246 DOI: 10.1021/bi047902n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human high mobility group box (HMGB) 1 and -2 proteins are highly conserved and abundant chromosomal proteins that regulate chromatin structure and DNA metabolism. HMGB proteins bind preferentially to DNA that is bent or underwound and to DNA damaged by agents such as cisplatin, UVC radiation, and benzo[a]pyrenediol epoxide (BPDE). Binding of HMGB1 to DNA adducts is thought to inhibit nucleotide excision repair (NER), leading to cell death, but the biological roles of these proteins remain obscure. We have used psoralen-modified triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) to direct a psoralen-DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) to a specific site to determine the effect of HMGB proteins on recognition of these lesions. Our results reveal that human HMGB1 (but not HMGB2) binds with high affinity and specificity to psoralen ICLs, and interacts with the essential NER protein, replication protein A (RPA), at these lesions. RPA, shown previously to bind tightly to these lesions, also binds in the presence of HMGB1, without displacing HMGB1. A discrete ternary complex is formed, containing HMGB1, RPA, and psoralen-damaged DNA. Thus, HMGB1 has the ability to recognize ICLs, can cooperate with RPA in doing so, and likely modulates their repair by the NER machinery. The abundance of HMGB1 suggests that it may play an important role in determining the sensitivity of cells to DNA damage under physiological, experimental, and therapeutic conditions.
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- Madhava C Reddy
- Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, Texas 78957, USA
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Kamau E, Bauerle KT, Grove A. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae high mobility group box protein HMO1 contains two functional DNA binding domains. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:55234-40. [PMID: 15507436 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409459200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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High mobility group box (HMGB) proteins are architectural proteins whose HMG DNA binding domains confer significant preference for distorted DNA, such as 4-way junctions. HMO1 is one of 10 Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMGB proteins, and it is required for normal growth and plasmid maintenance and for regulating the susceptibility of yeast chromatin to nuclease. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we have shown here that HMO1 binds 26-bp duplex DNA with K(d) = 39.6 +/- 5.0 nm and that its divergent box A domain participates in DNA interactions, albeit with low affinity. HMO1 has only modest preference for DNA with altered conformations, including DNA with nicks, gaps, overhangs, or loops, as well as for 4-way junction structures and supercoiled DNA. HMO1 binds 4-way junctions with half-maximal saturation of 19.6 +/- 2.2 nm, with only a modest increase in affinity in the absence of magnesium ions (half-maximal saturation 6.1 +/- 1.1 nm). Whereas the box A domain contributes modest structure-specific binding, the box B domain is required for high affinity binding. HMO1 bends DNA, as measured by DNA cyclization assays, facilitating cyclization of 136-, 105-, and 87-bp DNA, but not 75-bp DNA, and it has a significantly longer residence time on DNA minicircles compared with linear duplex DNA. The unique DNA binding properties of HMO1 are consistent with global roles in the maintenance of chromatin structure.
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- Edwin Kamau
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Love JJ, Li X, Chung J, Dyson HJ, Wright PE. The LEF-1 High-Mobility Group Domain Undergoes a Disorder-to-Order Transition upon Formation of a Complex with Cognate DNA. Biochemistry 2004; 43:8725-34. [PMID: 15236581 DOI: 10.1021/bi049591m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor-1 (LEF-1), a member of the high-mobility group (HMG) family of proteins, functions as an architectural transcription factor. In complex with its cognate DNA, the LEF-1 domain is highly ordered, and its NMR spectra are characteristic of a folded globular protein. In contrast, the uncomplexed protein exhibits NMR evidence of substantial conformational heterogeneity, although circular dichroism spectra indicate that much of the alpha-helical secondary structure of the DNA-bound state is retained in the free protein. Heteronuclear NMR experiments performed on the free LEF-1 domain reveal that helix II and helix III of the HMG domain are folded, although helix III is truncated at its C-terminal end relative to the DNA-bound protein. The major hydrophobic core between helices II and III appears to be formed, but the minor core near the C-terminus of helix III is unstructured in the free protein. Backbone resonances of helix I are undetectable, probably as a result of exchange broadening due to fluctuations between two or more conformations on a microsecond-to-millisecond time scale. On the basis of the circular dichroism spectrum, this region of the polypeptide appears to adopt helical structure but the helix is not fully stabilized in the absence of DNA. These findings argue that, prior to binding, bending, and distorting DNA, the HMG domain of LEF-1 exists in a segmentally disordered or partially folded state. Upon complex formation, the protein domain undergoes a cooperative folding transition with DNA to a highly ordered and well-folded state.
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- John J Love
- Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute of Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Hwang GS, Jones GB, Goldberg IH. Stereochemical control of small molecule binding to bulged DNA: comparison of structures of spirocyclic enantiomer-bulged DNA complexes. Biochemistry 2004; 43:641-50. [PMID: 14730968 DOI: 10.1021/bi035824i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The solution structure of the complex formed between an oligonucleotide containing a two-base bulge (5'-CACGCAGTTCGGAC.5'-GTCCGATGCGTG) and ent-DDI, a designed synthetic agent, has been elucidated using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamic simulation. Ent-DDI is a left-handed wedge-shaped spirocyclic molecule whose aglycone portion is an enantiomer of DDI, which mimics the spirocyclic geometry of the natural product, NCSi-gb, formed by base-catalyzed activation of the enediyne antibiotic neocarzinostatin. The benzindanone moiety of ent-DDI intercalates between the A6.T21 and the T9.A20 base pairs, overlapping with portions of the purine bases; the dihydronaphthalenone moiety is positioned in the minor groove along the G7-T8-T9 bulge sequence; and the aminoglycoside is in the middle of the minor groove, approaching A20 of the nonbulged strand. This alignment of ent-DDI along the DNA helical duplex is in the reverse direction to that of DDI. The aminoglycoside moiety of ent-DDI is positioned in the 3' direction from the bulge region, whereas that of the DDI is positioned in the 5' direction from the same site. This reverse binding orientation within the bulge site is the natural consequence of the opposite handedness imposed by the spirocyclic ring junction and permits the aromatic ring systems of the two spirocyclic enantiomers access to the bulge region. NMR and CD data indicate that the DNA in the DDI-bulged DNA complex undergoes a larger conformational change upon complex formation in comparison to the ent-DDI-bulged DNA, explaining the different binding affinities of the two drugs to the bulged DNA. In addition, there are different placements of the bulge bases in the helical duplex in the two complexes. One bulge base (G7) stacks inside the helix, and the other one (T8) is extrahelical in the DDI-bulged DNA complex, whereas both bulge bases in the ent-DDI-bulged DNA complex prefer extrahelical positions for drug binding. Elucidation of the detailed binding characteristics of the synthetic spirocyclic enantiomers provides a rational basis for the design of stereochemically controlled drugs for bulge binding sites.
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- Geum-Sook Hwang
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Chromosomal HMG-box proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(03)39005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Lv X, Xu DD, Liu DP, Li L, Hao DL, Liang CC. High-mobility group protein 2 may be involved in the locus control region regulation of the beta-globin gene cluster. Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 80:765-70. [PMID: 12555809 DOI: 10.1139/o02-164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Expression regulation of the beta-globin gene cluster is a result of synergistic interactions between cis-elements and trans-acting factors. Previous studies usually concentrated on the core sequence of each hypersensitive site in the locus control region of the beta-globin gene cluster. But more and more evidence illustrates that the flanking regions are indispensable also. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assay and solid-phase DNase I footprinting methods, we identified a small nuclear protein from K562 cells that binds specifically to the first AT-rich region flanking the hypersensitive site 2 core sequence of the human beta-globin gene locus control region. N-terminal sequencing of the enriched protein proved that it is a member of the high-mobility group protein 2 family. This indicates that the AT-rich region in human hypersensitive site 2 may take part in the regulation of the beta-globin gene cluster by facilitating DNA bending, which is a prerequisite for the looping mechanism in this region.
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- Xiang Lv
- National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, People's Republic of China
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Hsiao NW, Samuel D, Liu YN, Chen LC, Yang TY, Jayaraman G, Lyu PC. Mutagenesis study on the zebra fish SOX9 high-mobility group: comparison of sequence and non-sequence specific HMG domains. Biochemistry 2003; 42:11183-93. [PMID: 14503868 DOI: 10.1021/bi034678d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A unique class of proteins, containing high-mobility group (HMG) domain(s), recognizes unusual DNA structures and/or bends specific to AT-rich linear double-stranded DNA. The DNA binding feature of these proteins is exhibited in the HMG domain(s). Although the sequence specific and non-sequence specific HMG domains exhibit very high degrees of sequence similarity, the reasons for the difference between their DNA recognition mechanisms are unclear. A series of zebra fish SOX9 HMG domain mutants was prepared in an effort to elucidate the importance of various residues on protein stability and DNA binding. This study is the first of a comprehensive mutagenesis study on a sequence specific HMG domain. Comparing how various residues influence sequence specific and non-sequence specific HMG domains helps us to rationalize their mode of action. Positively charged amino acids concentrated at the surface of sequence specific HMG domains recognize specific, linear AT-rich DNA segments. After the negative charges at the surface of the DNA are neutralized, the hydrophobic residues of the protein may intercalate DNA. Phenylalanine at position 12 plays a crucial role in the sequence specific HMG domain. The differences in pI values, the instability index, and DNA contact regions between sequence and non-sequence specific HMG domains are associated with their functional modes.
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- Nai-Wan Hsiao
- Department of Life Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
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Pallier C, Scaffidi P, Chopineau-Proust S, Agresti A, Nordmann P, Bianchi ME, Marechal V. Association of chromatin proteins high mobility group box (HMGB) 1 and HMGB2 with mitotic chromosomes. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:3414-26. [PMID: 12925773 PMCID: PMC181577 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-09-0581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2002] [Revised: 01/10/2003] [Accepted: 02/24/2003] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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High mobility group box (HMGB) 1 and 2 are two abundant nonhistone nuclear proteins that have been found in association with chromatin. Previous studies based on immunofluorescence analysis indicated that HMGB1 dissociates from chromosomes during mitosis. In the present work, HMGB1 and 2 subcellular localization was reinvestigated in living cells by using enhanced green fluorescent protein- and Discosome sp. red fluorescent protein-tagged proteins. Contrary to previous reports, HMGB1 and 2 were shown to be present under two forms in mitotic cells, i.e., free and associated with the condensed chromatin, which rapidly exchange. A detailed analysis of HMGB2 interaction with mitotic chromosomes indicated that two sites encompassing HMG-box A and B are responsible for binding. Importantly, this interaction was rapidly inactivated when cells were permeabilized or exposed to chemical fixatives that are widely used in immunodetection techniques. A comparable behavior was also observed for two proteins of the HMG-nucleosome binding (HMGN) group, namely, HMGN1 and HMGN2.
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- Coralie Pallier
- Unité de Virologie, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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Hwang GS, Jones GB, Goldberg IH. Solution structure of a wedge-shaped synthetic molecule at a two-base bulge site in DNA. Biochemistry 2003; 42:8472-83. [PMID: 12859193 DOI: 10.1021/bi030072d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The solution structure of the complex formed between an oligonucleotide containing a two-base bulge (5'-CACGCAGTTCGGAC.5'-GTCCGATGCGTG) and DDI, a designed synthetic agent, has been elucidated using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamic simulation. DDI, which has been found to modulate DNA strand slippage synthesis by DNA polymerase I [Kappen, L. S., Xi, Z., Jones, G. B., and Goldberg, I. H. (2003) Biochemistry 42, 2166-2173], is a wedge-shaped spirocyclic molecule whose aglycone structure closely resembles that of the natural product, NCSi-gb, which strongly binds to an oligonucleotide containing a two-base bulge. Changes in chemical shifts of the DNA upon complex formation and intermolecular NOEs between DDI and the bulged DNA duplex indicate that agent specifically binds to the bulge site of DNA. The benzindanone moiety of DDI intercalates via the minor groove into the G7-T8-T9.A20 pocket, which consists of a helical base pair and two unpaired bulge bases, stacking with the G7 and A20 bases. On the other hand, the dihydronaphthalenone and aminoglycoside moieties are positioned in the minor groove. The aminoglycoside, which is attached to spirocyclic ring, aligns along the A20T21G22 sequence of the nonbulged strand, while the dihydronaphthalenone, which is restrained by the spirocyclic structure, is positioned near the G7-T8-T9 bulge site. The aminoglycoside is closely aligned with the dihydronaphthalenone, preventing its intercalation into the bulge site. In the complex, the unpaired purine (G7) is intrahelical and stacks with the intercalating moiety of DDI, whereas the unpaired pyrimidine (T8) is extrahelical. The structure of the complex formed by binding of the synthetic agent to the two-base bulged DNA reveals a binding mode that differs in important details from that of the natural product, explaining the different binding specificity for the bulge sites of DNA. The structure of the DDI-bulged DNA complex provides insight into the structure-binding affinity relationship, providing a rational basis for the design of specific, high-affinity probes of the role of bulged nucleic acid structures in various biological processes.
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- Geum-Sook Hwang
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Klass J, Murphy FV, Fouts S, Serenil M, Changela A, Siple J, Churchill MEA. The role of intercalating residues in chromosomal high-mobility-group protein DNA binding, bending and specificity. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:2852-64. [PMID: 12771212 PMCID: PMC156723 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ubiquitous high-mobility-group (HMGB) chromosomal proteins bind DNA in a non-sequence- specific fashion to promote chromatin function and gene regulation. Minor groove DNA binding of the HMG domain induces substantial DNA bending toward the major groove, and several interfacial residues contribute by DNA intercalation. The role of the intercalating residues in DNA binding, bending and specificity was systematically examined for a series of mutant Drosophila HMGB (HMG-D) proteins. The primary intercalating residue of HMG-D, Met13, is required both for high-affinity DNA binding and normal DNA bending. Leu9 and Tyr12 directly interact with Met13 and are required for HMG domain stability in addition to linear DNA binding and bending, which is an important function for these residues. In contrast, DNA binding and bending is retained in truncations of intercalating residues Val32 and Thr33 to alanine, but DNA bending is decreased for the glycine substitutions. Furthermore, substitution of the intercalating residues with those predicted to be involved in the specificity of the HMG domain transcription factors results in increased DNA affinity and decreased DNA bending without increased specificity. These studies reveal the importance of residues that buttress intercalating residues and suggest that features of the HMG domain other than a few base-specific hydrogen bonds distinguish the sequence-specific and non-sequence-specific HMG domain functions.
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- Janet Klass
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Bharath MMS, Chandra NR, Rao MRS. Prediction of an HMG-box fold in the C-terminal domain of histone H1: insights into its role in DNA condensation. Proteins 2002; 49:71-81. [PMID: 12211017 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In eukaryotes, histone H1 promotes the organization of polynucleosome filaments into chromatin fibers, thus contributing to the formation of an important structural framework responsible for various DNA transaction processes. The H1 protein consists of a short N-terminal "nose," a central globular domain, and a highly basic C-terminal domain. Structure prediction of the C-terminal domain using fold recognition methods reveals the presence of an HMG-box-like fold. We recently showed by extensive site-directed and deletion mutagenesis studies that a 34 amino acid segment encompassing the three S/TPKK motifs, within the C-terminal domain, is responsible for DNA condensing properties of H1. The position of these motifs in the predicted structure corresponds exactly to the DNA-binding segments of HMG-box-containing proteins such as Lef-1 and SRY. Previous analyses have suggested that histone H1 is likely to bend DNA bound to the C-terminal domain, directing the path of linker DNA in chromatin. Prediction of the structure of this domain provides a framework for understanding the higher order of chromatin organization.
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Bharath MMS, Ramesh S, Chandra NR, Rao MRS. Identification of a 34 amino acid stretch within the C-terminus of histone H1 as the DNA-condensing domain by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry 2002; 41:7617-27. [PMID: 12056893 DOI: 10.1021/bi025773+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The C-terminus of histone H1 is necessary for the folding of polynucleosomal arrays into higher-order structure(s) and contains octapeptide repeats each having DNA binding S/TPKK motifs. These repeat motifs were earlier shown to mimic the DNA/chromatin-condensing properties of the C-terminus of histone H1 (Khadake, J. R., and Rao, M. R. S. (1995) Biochemistry 36, 1041-1051). In the present study, we have generated a series of C-terminal mutants of rat histone H1d and studied their DNA-condensation properties. The single proline to alanine mutation in the S/TPKK motifs either singly or in combination resulted in only a 20% decrease in the DNA-condensation property of histone H1. Deletion of all the three S/TPKK motifs resulted in a 45% decrease in DNA condensation. When the three octapeptide repeats encompassing the S/TPKK motifs were deleted, there was again a 45% decrease in DNA condensation. On the other hand, when the entire 34 amino acid stretch (residue 145-178) was deleted, there was nearly a 90% decrease in DNA condensation brought about by histone H1d. Interestingly, deletion of the 10 amino acid spacer between the octapeptide repeats (residues 161-170) also reduced the DNA condensation by 70%. Deletion of the region (residues 115-141) immediately before the 34 amino acid stretch and after the globular domain and the region (residues 184-218) immediately after the 34 amino acid stretch had only a marginal effect on DNA condensation. The importance of the 34 amino acid stretch, including the 10 amino acid spacer, was also demonstrated with the recombinant histone H1d C-terminus. We have also determined the induced alpha-helicity of histone H1 and its various mutants in the presence of 60% trifluoroethanol, and the experimentally determined induced helical contents agree with the theoretical predictions of secondary structural elements in the C-terminus of histone H1d. Thus, we have identified a 34 amino acid stretch in the C-terminus of histone H1d as the DNA-condensing domain.
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- M M Srinivas Bharath
- Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformatics Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Gollmick FA, Lorenz M, Dornberger U, von Langen J, Diekmann S, Fritzsche H. Solution structure of dAATAA and dAAUAA DNA bulges. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:2669-77. [PMID: 12060684 PMCID: PMC117287 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The NMR structure analysis is described for two DNA molecules of identical stem sequences with a five base loop containing a pyrimidine, thymin or uracil, in between purines. These five unpaired nucleotides are bulged out and are known to induce a kink in the duplex structure. The dAATAA bulge DNA is kinked between the third and the fourth nucleotide. This contrasts with the previously studied dAAAAA bulge DNA where we found a kink between the fourth and fifth nucleotide. The total kinking angle is approximately 104 degrees for the dAATAA bulge. The findings were supported by electrophoretic data and fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements of a similar DNA molecule end-labeled by suitable fluorescent dyes. For the dAAUAA bulge the NMR data result in a similar structure as reported for the dAATAA bulge with a kinking angle of approximately 87 degrees. The results are discussed in comparison with a rAAUAA RNA bulge found in a group I intron. Generally, the sequence-dependent structure of bulges is important to understand the role of DNA bulges in protein recognition.
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- Friedrich A Gollmick
- Institut für Molekularbiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Winzerlaer Strasse 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Wong B, Masse JE, Yen YM, Giannikopoulos P, Feigon J, Johnson RC, Giannikoupolous P. Binding to cisplatin-modified DNA by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMGB protein Nhp6A. Biochemistry 2002; 41:5404-14. [PMID: 11969400 DOI: 10.1021/bi012077l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nhp6A is an abundant non-histone chromatin-associated protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that contains a minor groove DNA binding motif called the HMG box. In this report, we show that Nhp6Ap binds to cisplatin intrastrand cross-links on duplex DNA with a 40-fold greater affinity than to unmodified DNA with the same sequence. Nevertheless, Nhp6Ap bound to cisplatinated DNA readily exchanges onto unmodified DNA. Phenanthroline-copper footprinting and two-dimensional NMR on complexes of wild-type and mutant Nhp6Ap with DNA were employed to probe the mode of binding to the cisplatin lesion. Recognition of the cisplatin adduct requires a surface-exposed phenylalanine on Nhp6Ap that promotes bending of DNA by inserting into the helix from the minor groove. We propose that Nhp6Ap targets the cisplatin adduct by means of intercalation by the phenylalanine and that it can bind in either orientation with respect to the DNA lesion. A methionine, which also inserts between base pairs and functions in target selection on unmodified DNA, plays no apparent role in recognition of the cisplatin lesion. Basic amino acids within the N-terminal arm of Nhp6Ap are required for high-affinity binding to the cisplatin adduct as well as to unmodified DNA. Cisplatin mediates its cytotoxicity by forming covalent adducts on DNA, and we find that Deltanhp6a/b mutants are hypersensitive to cisplatin in comparison with the wild-type strain. In contrast, Deltanhp6a/b mutants are slightly more resistant to hydrogen peroxide and ultraviolet irradiation. Therefore, Nhp6A/Bp appears to directly or indirectly function in yeast to enhance cellular resistance to cisplatin.
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- Ben Wong
- Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1737, USA
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Ner SS, Blank T, Pérez-Paralle ML, Grigliatti TA, Becker PB, Travers AA. HMG-D and histone H1 interplay during chromatin assembly and early embryogenesis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:37569-76. [PMID: 11473125 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105635200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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HMG-D is an abundant chromosomal protein associated with condensed chromatin during the first nuclear cleavage cycles of the developing Drosophila embryo. We previously suggested that HMG-D might substitute for the linker histone H1 in the preblastoderm embryo and that this substitution might result in the characteristic less compacted chromatin. We have now studied the association of HMG-D with chromatin using a cell-free system for chromatin reconstitution derived from Drosophila embryos. Association of HMG-D with chromatin, like that of histone H1, increases the nucleosome spacing indicative of binding to the linker DNA between nucleosomes. HMG-D interacts with DNA during the early phases of nucleosome assembly but is gradually displaced as chromatin matures. By contrast, purified chromatin can be loaded with stoichiometric amounts of HMG-D, and this can be displaced upon addition of histone H1. A direct physical interaction between HMG-D and histone H1 was observed in a Far Western analysis. The competitive nature of this interaction is reminiscent of the apparent replacement of HMG-D by H1 during mid-blastula transition. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that HMG-D functions as a specialized linker protein prior to appearance of histone H1.
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- S S Ner
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom.
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Mikata Y, He Q, Lippard SJ. Laser-induced photo-cross-linking of cisplatin-modified DNA to HMG-domain proteins. Biochemistry 2001; 40:7533-41. [PMID: 11412107 DOI: 10.1021/bi010318j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Laser-induced photo-cross-linking was investigated for DNA, modified with cisplatin at specific sites, bound to structure-specific recognition domains of proteins in the high-mobility group (HMG) class. The efficiency of photo-cross-linking depends on the wavelength and power of the laser, the nature of the protein domain, and the oligodeoxyribonucleotide sequences flanking the platinated site. Introduction of 5-iodouridine at thymine sites of the oligodeoxyribonucleotide as an additional photoreactive group did not increase the photo-cross-linking yield. Formation of platinum-mediated DNA-DNA interstrand cross-linking observed previously upon irradiation with 302 nm light [Kane, S. A., and Lippard, S. J. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 2180-2188] was significantly reduced with laser irradiation. HMG1 domain B is superior to domain A for platinum-mediated photo-cross-linking, a result attributed to the different positioning of the proteins with respect to the platinum adduct and the greater ability of domain B to access photolabilized platinum in the major groove. Studies with proteins containing specifically mutated amino acids, and with DNA probes in which the sequences flanking the platinum cross-link site were varied, suggest that the most effective photo-cross-linking occurs for protein domains bound symmetrically and flexibly to cisplatin-modified DNA. The thermodynamic equilibrium between the protein-platinated DNA complex and its components, revealed in gel electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs), is significantly shifted to the right upon irreversible photo-cross-linking. Thus, only upon photo-cross-linking can the interaction of cisplatin-DNA 1,3-intrastrand d(GpTpG) or interstrand cross-links with HMG1 domain B protein be detected. Photo-cross-linking is thus an effective tool for investigating the interaction of cisplatin-modified DNA with damage-recognition proteins under heterogeneous conditions such those in cell extracts or living cells.
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- Y Mikata
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, USA
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Sassoon J, Lilie H, Baumann U, Kohli J. Biochemical characterization of the structure-specific DNA-binding protein Cmb1 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Mol Biol 2001; 309:1101-15. [PMID: 11399082 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cmb1, a novel HMG box protein from Schizosaccharomyces pombe, has been characterized biochemically using glutaraldehyde cross-linking, gel-filtration and analytical ultracentrifugation. It was identified as a monomeric, non-spherical protein, with a tendency to aggregate in solution. Limited proteolysis with trypsin and chymotrypsin showed that the C-terminal HMG box was a compact, proteolytically stable domain and the N-terminal region of Cmb1 was relatively unstructured and more easily digested. As Cmb1 was previously identified as a potential mismatch-binding protein, the binding constants and stoichiometry for both homoduplex and heteroduplex DNA were determined using an IASys resonant mirror biosensor. Cmb1 indeed demonstrated a tighter association with mismatched DNA, especially with the C/Delta-mismatch. Expression constructs of Cmb1 were made to study the sections of the protein involved in DNA binding. Constructs with the N-terminal region absent revealed that the C-terminal HMG box was the primary DNA-binding region. The presence of the N-terminal region did, however, facilitate tighter binding to both homoduplex and heteroduplex DNA. The amino acid residues isoleucine 14 and leucine 39 were located as putative intercalating residues using structure guided homology modelling. The model templates were derived from two distinct HMG:DNA complexes: HMG-D bound to homoduplex DNA and HMG 1 bound to cisplatin DNA. Binding studies using the Cmb1 HMG box with point mutations in these residues showed that isoleucine 14 was important for the binding of Cmb1 to homoduplex DNA, but affected binding to mismatches to a lesser extent. In contrast, leucine 39 appeared to have a more significant function in binding to mismatched DNA.
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- J Sassoon
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Berne, Freiestrasse 3, Berne, 3012, Switzerland.
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Hillisch A, Lorenz M, Diekmann S. Recent advances in FRET: distance determination in protein-DNA complexes. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2001; 11:201-7. [PMID: 11297928 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(00)00190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) provides information on the distance between a donor and an acceptor dye in the range 10 to 100 A. Knowledge of the exact positions of some dyes with respect to nucleic acids now enables us to translate these data into precise structural information using molecular modeling. Advances in the preparation of dye-labeled nucleic acid molecules and in new techniques, such as the measurement of FRET in polyacrylamide gels or in vivo, will lead to an increasingly important role of FRET in structural and molecular biology.
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- A Hillisch
- EnTec GmbH, Adolf-Reichwein-Strasse 20, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
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The HMG-box proteins, one of the three classes of high mobility group (HMG) chromosomal proteins, bend DNA and bind preferentially to distorted DNA structures. The proteins appear to act primarily as architectural facilitators in the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes; for example, in effecting recombination and in the initiation of transcription. HMG-box proteins might be targeted to particular DNA sites in chromatin by either protein-protein interactions or recognition of specific DNA structures.
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- J O Thomas
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1GA.
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An NMR model is presented for the structure of HMG-D, one of the Drosophila counterparts of mammalian HMG1/2 proteins, bound to a particular distorted DNA structure, a dA(2) DNA bulge. The complex is in fast to intermediate exchange on the NMR chemical shift time scale and suffers substantial linebroadening for the majority of interfacial resonances. This essentially precludes determination of a high-resolution structure for the interface based on NMR data alone. However, by introducing a small number of additional constraints based on chemical shift and linewidth footprinting combined with analogies to known structures, an ensemble of model structures was generated using a computational strategy equivalent to that for a conventional NMR structure determination. We find that the base pair adjacent to the dA(2) bulge is not formed and that the protein recognizes this feature in forming the complex; intermolecular NOE enhancements are observed from the sidechain of Thr 33 to all four nucleotides of the DNA sequence step adjacent to the bulge. Our results form the first experimental demonstration that when binding to deformed DNA, non-sequence-specific HMG proteins recognize the junction between duplex and nonduplex DNA. Similarities and differences of the present structural model relative to other HMG-DNA complex structures are discussed.
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- R Cerdan
- M.R.C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
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Cary PD, Read CM, Davis B, Driscoll PC, Crane-Robinson C. Solution structure and backbone dynamics of the DNA-binding domain of mouse Sox-5. Protein Sci 2001; 10:83-98. [PMID: 11266597 PMCID: PMC2249839 DOI: 10.1110/ps.32801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The fold of the murine Sox-5 (mSox-5) HMG box in free solution has been determined by multidimensional NMR using (15)N-labeled protein and has been found to adopt the characteristic twisted L-shape made up of two wings: the major wing comprising helix 1 (F10--F25) and helix 2 (N32--A43), the minor wing comprising helix 3 (P51--Y67) in weak antiparallel association with the N-terminal extended segment. (15)N relaxation measurements show considerable mobility (reduced order parameter, S(2)) in the minor wing that increases toward the amino and carboxy termini of the chain. The mobility of residues C-terminal to Q62 is significantly greater than the equivalent residues of non-sequence-specific boxes, and these residues show a weaker association with the extended N-terminal segment than in non-sequence boxes. Comparison with previously determined structures of HMG boxes both in free solution and complexed with DNA shows close similarity in the packing of the hydrophobic cores and the relative disposition of the three helices. Only in hSRY/DNA does the arrangement of aromatic sidechains differ significantly from that of mSox-5, and only in rHMG1 box 1 bound to cisplatinated DNA does helix 1 have no kink. Helix 3 in mSox-5 is terminated by P68, a conserved residue in DNA sequence-specific HMG boxes, which results in the chain turning through approximately 90 degrees.
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- P D Cary
- Biophysics Laboratories, St. Michael's Building, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Road, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK
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He Q, Ohndorf UM, Lippard SJ. Intercalating residues determine the mode of HMG1 domains A and B binding to cisplatin-modified DNA. Biochemistry 2000; 39:14426-35. [PMID: 11087395 DOI: 10.1021/bi001700j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cisplatin exerts its anticancer activity by forming covalent adducts with DNA. High-mobility group (HMG)-domain proteins recognize the major 1,2-intrastrand cisplatin-DNA cross-links and can mediate cisplatin cytotoxicity. The crystal structure of HMG1 domain A bound to cisplatin-modified DNA, further analyzed here, reveals intercalation of a key Phe37 residue. Other published structures of HMG domains bound to DNA, including NHP6A and HMG-D, similarly indicate amino acid side chains intercalating into linear DNA to form a bend. To delineate the importance of such side chain intercalations and further to explore the binding modes of different HMG domains toward prebent DNA structures, site-directed mutagenesis was used to generate HMG1 domain A and domain B mutants. The affinities of these mutant proteins for cisplatin-modified DNA were determined in gel electrophoresis mobility shift assays. The results indicate that intercalating residues at positions 16 or 37 can both contribute to the binding affinity. The data further reveal that the length of the loop between helices I and II is not critical for binding affinity. Footprinting analyses indicate that the position of the intercalating residue dictates the binding mode of the domain toward platinated DNA. Both congruent and offset positioning of the HMG domain with respect to the locus of the cisplatin-induced bend in the DNA were encountered. Packing interactions in the crystal structure suggest how full-length HMG1 might bind to DNA by contacting more than one duplex simultaneously. Taken together, these results demonstrate that cisplatin modification of DNA provides an energetically favorable, prebent target for HMG domains, which bind to these targets through one or more side chain and favorable hydrophobic surface interactions.
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- Q He
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Lee KB, Thomas JO. The effect of the acidic tail on the DNA-binding properties of the HMG1,2 class of proteins: insights from tail switching and tail removal. J Mol Biol 2000; 304:135-49. [PMID: 11080451 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The high-mobility group (HMG) proteins HMG1, HMG2 and HMG2a are relatively abundant vertebrate DNA-binding and bending proteins that bind with structure specificity, rather than sequence specificity, and appear to play an architectural role in the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes. They have two homologous "HMG-box" DNA-binding domains (which show about 80 % homology) connected by a short basic linker to an acidic carboxy-terminal tail that differs in length between HMG1 and 2. To gain insights into the role of the acidic tail, we examined the DNA-binding properties of HMG1, HMG2b and HMG2a from chicken erythrocytes (corresponding to HMG1, HMG2 and HMG2a in other vertebrates). HMG1, with the longest acidic tail, is less effective than HMG2a and 2b (at a given molar input ratio) in supercoiling relaxed, closed circular DNA, in inducing ligase-mediated circularisation of an 88 bp DNA fragment, and in binding to four-way DNA junctions in a gel-shift assay. Removal of the acidic tail increases the affinity of the HMG boxes for DNA and largely abolishes the differences between the three species. Switching the acidic tail of HMG1 for that of HMG2a or 2b gives hybrid proteins with essentially the same DNA-binding properties as HMG2a, 2b. The length (and possibly sequence) of the acidic tail thus appears to be the dominant factor in mediating the differences in properties between HMG1, 2a and 2b and finely tunes the rather similar DNA-binding properties of the tandem HMG boxes, presumably to fulfill different cellular roles. The tail is essential for structure-selective DNA-binding of the HMG boxes to DNA minicircles in the presence of equimolar linear DNA, and has little effect on the affinity for this already highly distorted DNA ligand, in contrast to binding to linear and four-way junction DNA.
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- K B Lee
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, UK
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Arimondo PB, Gelus N, Hamy F, Payet D, Travers A, Bailly C. The chromosomal protein HMG-D binds to the TAR and RBE RNA of HIV-1. FEBS Lett 2000; 485:47-52. [PMID: 11086163 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02183-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The high mobility group protein HMG-D is known to bind preferentially to DNA of irregular structures with little or no sequence specificity. Upon binding to DNA, this HMG-box protein widens the minor groove of the double helix and induces a significant bending of the helix. We show here that HMG-D can strongly bind to double-stranded RNA. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays show that HMG-D100 interacts with the transactivation response region (TAR) RNA from HIV-1. Strong interaction with a high affinity Rev protein binding element (RBE) RNA was also characterized. Gel shift experiments performed with several TAR RNA constructs lacking the lateral pyrimidine bulge or with modified apical loop regions indicate that the protein does not recognize the single-strand domains of the RNA but apparently interacts directly with the double-stranded stem regions. No protein-RNA complexes could be detected when using single-stranded oligoribonucleotides. HMG-D protein could bind to the wide minor groove of the A-form TAR RNA. The comparison of the amino acid sequence of HMG-D with that of known RNA binding proteins suggests that the interaction of the protein with a double-stranded RNA implicates the basic region of HMG-D as well as its HMG-box domain. From the in vitro data reported here, we propose a novel functional role for proteins of the HMG-1 family. The results suggest that architectural HMG proteins can be recruited by double-stranded RNA for the development of HIV-1 in the host cell.
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- P B Arimondo
- Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale, Lille, France
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Gaillard C, Strauss F. High affinity binding of proteins HMG1 and HMG2 to semicatenated DNA loops. BMC Mol Biol 2000; 1:1. [PMID: 11041984 PMCID: PMC29088 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-1-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2000] [Accepted: 10/09/2000] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteins HMG1 and HMG2 are two of the most abundant non histone proteins in the nucleus of mammalian cells, and contain a domain of homology with many proteins implicated in the control of development, such as the sex-determination factor Sry and the Sox family of proteins. In vitro studies of interactions of HMG1/2 with DNA have shown that these proteins can bind to many unusual DNA structures, in particular to four-way junctions, with binding affinities of 10(7) to 10(9) M(-1). RESULTS Here we show that HMG1 and HMG2 bind with a much higher affinity, at least 4 orders of magnitude higher, to a new structure, Form X, which consists of a DNA loop closed at its base by a semicatenated DNA junction, forming a DNA hemicatenane. The binding constant of HMG1 to Form X is higher than 5 x 10(12) M(-1), and the half-life of the complex is longer than one hour in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Of all DNA structures described so far with which HMG1 and HMG2 interact, we have found that Form X, a DNA loop with a semicatenated DNA junction at its base, is the structure with the highest affinity by more than 4 orders of magnitude. This suggests that, if similar structures exist in the cell nucleus, one of the functions of these proteins might be linked to the remarkable property of DNA hemicatenanes to associate two distant regions of the genome in a stable but reversible manner.
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- Claire Gaillard
- Institut Jacques Monod, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris 05, France
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Stühmeier F, Hillisch A, Clegg RM, Diekman S. Fluorescence energy transfer analysis of DNA structures containing several bulges and their interaction with CAP. J Mol Biol 2000; 302:1081-100. [PMID: 11183776 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA molecules with three bulges separated by double-stranded helical sections of B-DNA were constructed to be used as substrates for DNA-protein binding assays. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between dye molecules attached to the 5'-ends of the DNA molecules is used to monitor the protein binding. The A5 bulge, which consists of five unpaired adenine nucleotides, alters the direction of the helical axis by approximately 80 to 90 at every bulge site. Computer molecular modeling facilitated a pre-selection of suitable helix lengths that bring the labeled ends of the three-bulge DNA molecules (60 to 70 base-pairs long) into close proximity. The FRET experiments verified that the labeled ends of the helices of these long molecules were indeed close. A series of FRET experiments was carried out with two A5 and two A7 bulge molecules. The relative positions of the bulges were varied along the central helical DNA sequence (between the bulges) in order to determine the relative angular juxtapositions of the outlying helical arms flanking the central helical region. The global structural features of the DNA molecules are manifested in the FRET data. The FRET experiments, especially those of the two-bulge series, could be interpreted remarkably well with molecular models based on the NMR structure of the A5 bulge. These models assume that the DNA molecules do not undergo large torsional conformational fluctuations at the bulge sites. The magnitude of the FRET efficiency attests to a relatively rigid structure for many of the long 5'-end-labeled molecules. The changes in the FRET efficiency of three-bulge structures containing the specific binding sequence of the catabolite activator protein (CAP) demonstrated significant deformation of the DNA upon binding of CAP. No direct interaction of CAP with the dyes was observed.
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Dow LK, Jones DN, Wolfe SA, Verdine GL, Churchill ME. Structural studies of the high mobility group globular domain and basic tail of HMG-D bound to disulfide cross-linked DNA. Biochemistry 2000; 39:9725-36. [PMID: 10933789 DOI: 10.1021/bi000723v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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HMG-D is an abundant high mobility group chromosomal protein present during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. It is a non-sequence-specific member of a protein family that uses the HMG domain for binding to DNA in the minor groove. The highly charged C-terminal tail of HMG-D contains AK motifs that contribute to high-affinity non-sequence-specific DNA binding. To understand the interactions of the HMG domain and C-terminal tail of HMG-D with DNA in solution, a complex between a high-affinity truncated form of the protein and a disulfide cross-linked DNA fragment was studied using heteronuclear NMR techniques. Despite its relatively high affinity for the single "prebent" site on the DNA, K(d) = 1.4 nM, HMG-D forms a non-sequence-specific complex with the DNA as indicated by exchange broadening of the protein resonances at the DNA interface in solution. The secondary structural elements of the protein are preserved when the protein is complexed with the DNA, and the DNA-binding interface maps to the regions of the protein where the largest chemical shift differences occur. The C-terminal tail of HMG-D confers high-affinity DNA binding, has an undefined structure, and appears to make direct contacts in the major groove of DNA via residues that are potentially regulated by phosphorylation. We conclude that while the HMG domain of HMG-D recognizes DNA with a mode of binding similar to that used by the sequence-specific HMG domain transcription factors, there are noteworthy differences in the structure and interactions of the C-terminal end of the DNA-binding domain and the C-terminal tail.
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- L K Dow
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, C236, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Röttgers K, Krohn NM, Lichota J, Stemmer C, Merkle T, Grasser KD. DNA-interactions and nuclear localisation of the chromosomal HMG domain protein SSRP1 from maize. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 23:395-405. [PMID: 10929132 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00801.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The structure-specific recognition protein 1 (SSRP1) is a member of the protein family containing a high mobility group (HMG) domain DNA-binding motif. We have functionally characterised the 71.4 kDa Zm-SSRP1 protein from maize. The chromatin-associated Zm-SSRP1 is detected by immunoblot analysis in maize leaves, kernels and suspension culture cells, but not in roots. Mediated by its HMG domain, recombinant Zm-SSRP1 interacts structure-specifically with supercoiled DNA and DNA minicircles when compared with linear DNA. In linear duplex DNA, the protein does not recognise a specific sequence, but it binds preferentially to sequences containing the deformable dinucleotide TG, as demonstrated by a random oligonucleotide selection experiment. Zm-SSRP1 modulates DNA structure by bending the target sequence, since it promotes the circularisation of short DNA fragments in the presence of DNA ligase. Moreover, Zm-SSRP1 facilitates the formation of nucleoprotein structures, as measured using the bacterial site-specific beta-mediated recombination reaction. Analysis of the subcellular localisation of various SSRP1-GFP fusions revealed that, in contrast to HMG domain transcription factors, the nuclear localisation sequence of Zm-SSRP1 is situated within a 20-amino acid residue region adjacent to the HMG domain rather than within the DNA-binding domain. The results are discussed in the context of the likely function of SSRP1 proteins in transcription and replication.
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- K Röttgers
- Institut für Biologie III, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Jamieson ER, Lippard SJ. Stopped-flow fluorescence studies of HMG-domain protein binding to cisplatin-modified DNA. Biochemistry 2000; 39:8426-38. [PMID: 10913248 DOI: 10.1021/bi000342h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-mobility group (HMG) domain proteins bind specifically to the major DNA adducts formed by the anticancer drug cisplatin and can modulate the biological response to this inorganic compound. Stopped-flow fluorescence studies were performed to investigate the kinetics of formation and dissociation of complexes between HMG-domain proteins and a series of 16-mer oligonucleotide probes containing both a 1,2-intrastrand d(GpG) cisplatin cross-link and a fluorescein-modified deoxyuridine residue. Rate constants, activation parameters, and dissociation constants were determined for complexes formed by HMG1 domain A and the platinated DNA probes. The sequence context of the cisplatin adduct modulates the value of the associative rate constant for HMG1 domain A by a factor of 2-4, contributing significantly to differences in binding affinity. The rates of association or dissociation of the protein-DNA complex were similar for a 71 bp platinated DNA analogue. Additional kinetic studies performed with HMG1 domain B, an F37A domain A mutant, and the full-length HMG1 protein highlight differences in the binding properties of the HMG domains. The stopped-flow studies demonstrate the utility of the fluorescein-dU probe in studying protein-DNA complexes. The kinetic data will assist in determining what role these proteins might play in the cisplatin mechanism of action.
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- E R Jamieson
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Chromosomal proteins that form essential architectural components of chromatin bind and bend DNA with an intrinsic low degree of sequence preference. Comparisons made between two recently determined structures of high mobility group (HMG) protein-DNA complexes and other nonsequence-specific protein-DNA complexes reveal the structural basis of this important mode of DNA binding.
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- F V Murphy
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
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Recent biochemical and structural studies have shown that the preferential recognition of distorted DNA structures, including DNA bulges, four-way junctions and cis-platinated DNA, by HMG domains is dependent on residues immediately preceding the second alpha helix of the L-shaped HMG domain.
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- A Travers
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK.
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