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Jovin TM. The Origin of Left-Handed Poly[d(G-C)]. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2651:1-32. [PMID: 36892756 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3084-6_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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The discovery of a reversible transition in the helical sense of a double-helical DNA was initiated by the first synthesis in 1967 of the alternating sequence poly[d(G-C)]. In 1968, exposure to high salt concentration led to a cooperative isomerization of the double helix manifested by an inversion in the CD spectrum in the 240-310 nm range and in an altered absorption spectrum. The tentative interpretation, reported in 1970 and then in detailed form in a 1972 publication by Pohl and Jovin, was that the conventional right-handed B-DNA structure (R) of poly[d(G-C)] transforms at high salt concentration into a novel, alternative left-handed (L) conformation. The historical course of this development and its aftermath, culminating in the first crystal structure of left-handed Z-DNA in 1979, is described in detail. The research conducted by Pohl and Jovin after 1979 is summarized, ending with an assessment of "unfinished business": condensed Z*-DNA; topoisomerase IIα (TOP2A) as an allosteric ZBP (Z-DNA-binding protein); B-Z transitions of phosphorothioate-modified DNAs; and parallel-stranded poly[d(G-A)], a double helix with high stability under physiological conditions and potentially also left-handed.
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- Thomas M Jovin
- Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
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Filimonova M, Gubskaya V, Davidov R, Garusov A, Nuretdinov I. Metal binding induces conversion of B- to the hybrid B-Z-form in natural DNA. Int J Biol Macromol 2008; 43:289-94. [PMID: 18644405 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2008.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2007] [Revised: 06/23/2008] [Accepted: 06/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Highly polymerized herring testis DNA of the random nucleotide sequence has been studied in solution by circular dichroism and ultra-violet absorption spectrometry under various experimental conditions. At low temperature upon addition of 0.05 M NaCl or 1.15 M MgSO4 the DNA formed a helix that belonged to the B-family. As the temperature was increased a transition from the pure B- to the hybrid B-Z-form occurred in the presence of 1.15 M MgSO4. This transition occurred over a large range of temperatures and corresponded to a non-cooperative conformational change. A similar DNA transition was induced with 0.098 mM Co(NH3)6Cl3. However, in the presence of 5.3 M NaCl the DNA conformation was not similar to that observed in 1.15 M MgSO4 or 0.098 mM Co(NH3)6Cl3 independently on the environmental temperature. In 5.3 M NaCl the DNA is thought to undergo a transition from one to another right-handed conformation that could be intermediate partially dehydrated conformer arising on the first step in the sequential transition to the dehydration of the polynucleotide. Our results show that a realistic model of native DNA, bearing Z-tracts embedded in B-helixes, can be obtained upon binding of alkaline earth or transition metals.
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- Maria Filimonova
- Department of Microbiology, Kazan State University, Kremliovskaya st. 18, Kazan 420008, Russia.
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Lee C, Park KH, Cho M. Vibrational dynamics of DNA. I. Vibrational basis modes and couplings. J Chem Phys 2007; 125:114508. [PMID: 16999491 DOI: 10.1063/1.2213257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Carrying out density functional theory calculations of four DNA bases, base derivatives, Watson-Crick (WC) base pairs, and multiple-layer base pair stacks, we studied vibrational dynamics of delocalized modes with frequency ranging from 1400 to 1800 cm(-1). These modes have been found to be highly sensitive to structure fluctuation and base pair conformation of DNA. By identifying eight fundamental basis modes, it is shown that the normal modes of base pairs and multilayer base pair stacks can be described by linear combinations of these vibrational basis modes. By using the Hessian matrix reconstruction method, vibrational coupling constants between the basis modes are determined for WC base pairs and multilayer systems and are found to be most strongly affected by the hydrogen bonding interaction between bases. It is also found that the propeller twist and buckle motions do not strongly affect vibrational couplings and basis mode frequencies. Numerically simulated IR spectra of guanine-cytosine and adenine-thymine bases pairs as well as of multilayer base pair stacks are presented and described in terms of coupled basis modes. It turns out that, due to the small interlayer base-base vibrational interactions, the IR absorption spectrum of multilayer base pair system does not strongly depend on the number of base pairs.
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- Chewook Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Multidimensional Spectroscopy, Division of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Lee C, Cho M. Vibrational dynamics of DNA: IV. Vibrational spectroscopic characteristics of A-, B-, and Z-form DNA’s. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:145102. [PMID: 17444751 DOI: 10.1063/1.2715602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Linear and nonlinear IR spectroscopic studies of nucleic acids can provide crucial information on solution conformations of DNA double helix and its complex with other molecules. Carrying out density functional theory calculations of A-, B-, and Z-form DNA's, the authors obtained vibrational spectroscopic properties as well as coupling constants between different basis modes. The vibrational couplings that determine the extent of exciton delocalization are strongly dependent on DNA conformation mainly because the interlayer distance between two neighboring base pairs changes with respect to the DNA conformation. The Z-DNA has comparatively small interlayer vibrational coupling constants so that its vibrational spectrum depends little on the number of base pairs, whereas the A-DNA shows a notable dependency on the size. Furthermore, it is shown that a few distinctively different line shape changes in both IR and two-dimensional IR spectra as the DNA conformation changes from B to A or from B to Z can be used as marker bands and characteristic features distinguishing different DNA conformations.
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- Chewook Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Hernández B, Baumruk V, Gouyette C, Ghomi M. Thermal stability, structural features, and B-to-Z transition in DNA tetraloop hairpins as determined by optical spectroscopy in d(CG)(3)T(4)(CG)(3) and d(CG)(3)A(4)(CG)(3) oligodeoxynucleotides. Biopolymers 2005; 78:21-34. [PMID: 15690428 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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NMR and CD data have previously shown the formation of the T(4) tetraloop hairpin in aqueous solutions, as well as the possibility of the B-to-Z transition in its stem in high salt concentration conditions. It has been shown that the stem B-to-Z transition in T(4) hairpins leads to S (south)- to N (north)-type conformational changes in the loop sugars, as well as anti to syn orientations in the loop bases. In this article, we have compared by means of UV absorption, CD, Raman, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), the thermodynamic and structural properties of the T(4) and A(4) tetraloop hairpins formed in 5'-d(CGCGCG-TTTT-CGCGCG)-3' and 5'-d(CGCGCG-AAAA-CGCGCG)-3', respectively. In presence of 5M NaClO(4), a complete B-to-Z transition of the stems is first proved by CD spectra. UV melting profiles are consistent with a higher thermal stability of the T(4) hairpin compared to the A(4) hairpin. Order-to-disorder transition of both hairpins has also been analyzed by means of Raman spectra recorded as a function of temperature. A clear Z-to-B transition of the stem has been confirmed in the T(4) hairpin, and not in the A(4) hairpin. With a right-handed stem, Raman and FTIR spectra have confirmed the C2'-endo/anti conformation for all the T(4) loop nucleosides. With a left-handed stem, a part of the T(4) loop sugars adopt a N-type (C3'-endo) conformation, and the C3'-endo/syn conformation seems to be the preferred one for the dA residues involved in the A(4) tetraloop.
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- Belén Hernández
- UMR CNRS 7033, BioMoCeTi, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France
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Pelmenschikov A, Hovorun DM, Shishkin OV, Leszczynski J. A density functional theory study of vibrational coupling between ribose and base rings of nucleic acids with ribosyl guanosine as a model system. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1290021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Staničová J, Fabriciová G, Chinsky L, Šutiak V, Miškovský P. Amantadine–DNA interaction as studied by classical and resonance Raman spectroscopy. J Mol Struct 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2860(98)00659-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Abdelkafi M, Ghomi M, Turpin PY, Baumruk V, Hervé du Penhoat C, Lampire O, Bouchemal-Chibani N, Goyer P, Namane A, Gouyette C, Huynh-Dinh T, Bednárová L. Common structural features of UUCG and UACG tetraloops in very short hairpins determined by UV absorption, Raman, IR and NMR spectroscopies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1997; 14:579-93. [PMID: 9130080 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1997.10508158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Thermodynamic and structural properties of two UNCG tetraloops in very short hairpin octamers, 5'-r(GCUUCGGC)-3' and 5'-r(GCUACGGC)-3', have been studied by means of various physical techniques. Melting profiles of both octamers, obtained from UV absorption spectra taken as a function of temperature, are consistent with a monophasic, progressive and completely reversible order-to-disorder transition and confirm their unusual structural stability (Tm > 51 degrees C). The 1H, 13C and 31P NMR chemical shifts and coupling constants of the UACG loop nucleotides are comparable with those reported previously for UUCG loops, i.e. 2'-endo/anti conformation of the second and third nucleotide of the loop as well as the syn orientation of the ultimate guanine base and the A-type double helical conformation of the hairpin stem. Simulation of quantitative NOESY volumes shows that the UACG octamer adopts a very rigid compact structure which is well represented by an average order parameter of 0.9. Three base-pairs and four additional strong hydrogen bonds are undoubtedly responsible for such limited flexibility. Raman and infrared spectra as a function of temperature reflect the order-to-disorder transition, as well. Vibrational conformational markers in low temperature spectra of both octamers indicate the hairpin structure as the major conformer in aqueous phase. These spectra further support the structural features of most of the nucleotides involved in the tetraloops and clearly demonstrate the structural similarities of the phosphodiester backbone in both hairpins. Consequently, on the basis of all present results, one can deduce that the conformational features of the UUCG and UACG tetraloops seem to be inherent to the UNCG type tetraloops, regardless of either the nature of the tetraloop second base or the stem length.
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- M Abdelkafi
- Laboratoire de Physicochimie, Biomoléculaire et Cellulaire, URA CNRS 2056, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Sfihi H, Liquier J, Urpi L, Verdaguer N, Subirana JA, Igolen J, Taillandier E. A and Z canonical conformations in d(CnGCGn) crystals characterized by microFTIR and microRaman spectroscopies. Biopolymers 1993; 33:1715-23. [PMID: 8241429 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360331109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Two crystals d(C2GCG2) and d(C5GCG5) have been studied under microscope by Fourier transform ir spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The x-ray diffraction study of the latter crystal had shown that the d(C5GCG5) sequence is the first DNA dodecamer known to adopt a canonical A conformation [N. Verdaguer, J. Aymami, D. Fernandez-Forner, I. Fita, M. Coll, T. Huynh-Dinh, J. Igolen, and J. A. Subirana (1991) Journal of Molecular Biology, Vol. 221, pp. 623-635]. Characteristic ir marker bands and Raman marker peaks of the A conformation have thus been obtained and are compared with previously proposed assignments correlated to fiber diffraction x-ray results obtained on polymers. The d(C2GCG2) sequence crystal had previously been studied in an intermediate form between B and Z [L. Urpi, J. P. Ridoux, J. Liquier, N. Verdagner, I. Fita, J. A. Subirana, F. Iglesias, T. Huynh-Dinh, J. Igolen, and E. Taillandier (1989) Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 17, pp. 6669-6679]. In this paper we present results obtained from a crystal with this oligonucleotide in Z conformation. The effect of the crystallization conditions on the geometry of the obtained oligomer helix is discussed. The influence of the addition, to the central tetramer CGCG, of dCn stretches (at the 5' end) and dGn stretches (at the 3' end) of different lengths, on the conformational flexibility of the nucleic acid, is considered.
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- H Sfihi
- Laboratoire CSSB, URA CNRS 1430, UFR Santé Médecine et Biologie Humaine, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France
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Huang CR, Georghiou S. Room-temperature steady-state fluorescence properties of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC). Photochem Photobiol 1992; 56:95-9. [PMID: 1508986 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1992.tb09608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We report the steady-state fluorescence properties of the alternating polynucleotide poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) in low-salt solution at room temperature for excitation at the Hg lines 265, 280 and 297 nm. Its fluorescence spectrum peaks at about 325 nm and, within the experimental error, its shape does not change significantly with the excitation wavelength. The fluorescence anisotropy is found to decrease strongly for short-wavelength excitation, a behavior which is very similar to that exhibited by free guanine. In view of the fact that the anisotropy for free cytosine is virtually constant at the aforementioned three excitation wavelengths, the results suggest that in this polynucleotide the emission stems from guanine. The values of the fluorescence quantum yield for the three excitation wavelengths are found to be very low, 0.8 x 10(-5), 0.8 x 10(-5), and 2.8 x 10(-5), respectively; these are compatible with transfer of energy from the lower-energy electronic state of guanine, before vibronic relaxation is established, to cytosine. Upon denaturation, the fluorescence spectrum becomes very broad and the fluorescence quantum yield increases; these observations support the authenticity of the emission from the nondenatured polynucleotide.
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- C R Huang
- Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1200
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Georghiou S, Zhu S, Weidner R, Huang CR, Ge G. Singlet-singlet energy transfer along the helix of a double-stranded nucleic acid at room temperature. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1990; 8:657-74. [PMID: 2100524 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1990.10507834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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An irreversible electronic energy trap has been formed in calf thymus DNA by methylating about 75% of its G bases at position N-7. This has allowed us to measure for the first time the efficiency of transfer of energy along the helix of a double-stranded nucleic acid at room temperature. It is found that about one out of every three photons absorbed by the other bases is trapped. We have also simulated the data with a stochastic model that uses the dipole-dipole interaction to calculate the efficiency of transfer. In order to approximate the experimental results, the model requires that: (i) the fluorescence quantum yield of T, C, and G in DNA be about 2 x 10(-3), which is about two orders of magnitude larger than the value of the fluorescence quantum yield reported for DNA; and (ii) the fluorescence quantum yield of A in DNA be negligibly small. Requirement (i) is consistent with energy transfer taking place before a very efficient fluorescence quenching process sets in, which could be formation of excited-state complexes (excimers) that do not fluoresce appreciably. Requirement (ii) implies a very short fluorescence lifetime for A, which is consistent with the reported absence of a significant number of photoproducts formed by A in DNA. The simulations find that, on the average, the excitation energy takes about 1.2 steps to reach the trap; that is to say, bases that are nearest and next nearest neighbors of the trap are, in effect, the only energy donors. Both intra- as well as interstrand energy transfer (the latter only for the C-trap base pair) make significant contributions. The value of the efficiency for pairwise base-base intrastrand transfer is about 60%, whereas those for base-trap intra- and interstand transfer are 90% and 80%, respectively. The corresponding values for the rate constant of transfer are 2 x 10(11), 1 x 10(12), and 4 x 10(11) s-1. Transfer is inefficient when A is the donor or the acceptor. In addition to the dipole-dipole term, the only other significant term in the expansion of the interaction potential is the dipole-quadrupole term which, however, makes only a small contribution to the overall transfer efficiency. The electron exchange interaction appears to be much less efficient than the coulombic interaction.
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- S Georghiou
- Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1200
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Ghomi M, Letellier R, Taillandier E. Determination of the nucleosidic structural parameters by means of DNA vibrational markers. J Mol Struct 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-2860(90)85005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ghomi M, Letellier R, Liquier J, Taillandier E. Interpretation of DNA vibrational spectra by normal coordinate analysis. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 22:691-9. [PMID: 2205520 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(90)90003-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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1. In the following article we undertake a brief review of the most prominent DNA vibrational markers as observed experimentally by Raman and i.r. spectroscopies on polynucleotides and explain how a simplified valence force field can account for the evolution of the DNA vibrational spectra. 2. Our discussion made as a review of our previous investigations on the interpretation of DNA vibration modes, is based on some of the most characteristic and structure dependent DNA vibrational markers.
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- M Ghomi
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire, U.F.R. Biomédicale de Bobigny, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France
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McLean MJ, Wells RD. The role of sequence in the stabilization of left-handed DNA helices in vitro and in vivo. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 950:243-54. [PMID: 3048405 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(88)90120-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- M J McLean
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Ghomi M, Letellier R, Taillandier E. A critical review of the nucleosidic vibration modes appearing in the 800-500-cm-1 spectral region, based on new harmonic dynamics calculations. Biopolymers 1988; 27:605-16. [PMID: 3370296 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360270405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Otto C, de Mul FF, Greve J. A Raman spectroscopic study of the interaction between nucleotides and the DNA binding protein gp32 of bacteriophage T4. Biopolymers 1987; 26:1667-89. [PMID: 3311188 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360261003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wang Y, Thomas GA, Peticolas WL. Sequence dependent conformations of oligomeric DNA's in aqueous solutions and in crystals. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1987; 5:249-74. [PMID: 3271473 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1987.10506392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In order to determine the sequence dependence of the conformation of deoxynucleotides, Raman spectra have been obtained for the following oligodeoxynucleotides in aqueous salt solutions and in crystals: d(CpG)(I), d(TGCGCGCA)(II), d(CACGCGTG)(III), d(CGTGCACG)(IV), d(CGCATGCG)(V), d(ACGCGCGT)(VI), d(CGCGTACGCG)(VII), d(CGCACGTGCG)(VIII) and d(CGTGCGCACG)(IX), d(GCTATAGC) (X), d(GCATATGC) (XI), d(GGTATACC) (XII) and d(GGATATCC) (XIII). The normal B type conformation is observed for all the oligomer DNA's at low salt (0.1-1.0 M NaCl) concentration in the temperature range of 0-25 degrees C. It was considered possible that all of the first nine oligomers could go into the Z form in aqueous high salt (5.0-6.0 M NaCl) solutions, and under these conditions the last four were considered candidates to go into the A form. The B-type conformation was found to exist in high salt solutions for (I), (IV), (V), (VI), (X), (XI) and (XIII); the Z or partial Z conformation appears in high salt solution for the oligomers, (II), (III), (VII), (VIII) and (IX); an A or partial A conformation appears in high salt solution for (XII). In the crystalline state, (IV), (VIII), (X), and (XI) stay in the B-form and all of the other oligomers adopt the complete Z-form except for (XII) which crystallizes in the A form. In both the crystal and in aqueous solutions, the identification of the conformation genus was made by means of Raman spectroscopy. In the crystal of (I), grown at pH7.0, guanosine is found to be in C3'-endo/syn conformation and cytidine in C2'-endo/anti, which may be taken as the ideal building block of the typical Z conformation. At pH4, (I) crystallizes in a conformation similar to the B genus. A study of the thermally induced B to Z transition has been carried out for (II) and (III). Based on the analysis of Raman spectra of the alternating pyrimidine-purine oligomers which might be expected to go into the Z form, the tendency for these oligonucleotides to adopt the Z form can be ranked as: d(CGCGCGCG) greater than (II) greater than (III) greater than (V) approximately (VI) greater than (IV) for octamers and (VII) greater than (VIII) greater than (IX) for the decamers. Similarly, those oligomers which might have a tendency to go into the A form could be ranked as (XII) greater than (XIII) approximately (X) greater than (XI). These data should provide help in formulating rules for predicting the sequence dependence of the B to A and B to Z transitions. Some possible rules are explored, but precautions should be taken.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403
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Bourtayre P, Liquier J, Pizzorni L, Taillandier E. Z form of poly d(A-T).poly d(A-T) in solution studied by CD and UV spectroscopies. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1987; 5:97-104. [PMID: 3271471 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1987.10506378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Near UV CD spectra, UV absorption spectra and their first derivatives have been recorded on poly d(A-T).poly d(A-T) solutions in presence of high NaCl concentration and various amounts of NiCl2. Comparison of the results presented here with those obtained for poly d(G-C).poly d(G-C) and poly d(A-C).poly d(G-T) in comparable conditions, and the I.R. and Raman data on poly d(A-T).poly d(A-T), allows us to assign the new spectra to the Z conformation of poly d(A-T).poly d(A-T) in solution. The mechanism by which nickel ions induce the B----Z interconversion in the presence of high NaCl concentration is discussed.
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- P Bourtayre
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire U.F.R. de Médecine, Université Paris XIII Bobigny, France
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Richterich P, Pohl FM. Calculation of the CD of oligo (dG-dC): influence of basic optical parameters. Biopolymers 1987; 26:231-50. [PMID: 3454662 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360260206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Out-of-plane vibration modes of nucleic acid bases. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00256356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Nishimura Y, Tsuboi M, Sato T, Aoki K. Conformation-sensitive Raman lines of mononucleotides and their use in a structure analysis of polynucleotides: guanine and cytosine nucleotides. J Mol Struct 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0022-2860(86)80288-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brown DM, Wartell RM. Intensity changes of base and backbone Raman modes in the B to Z transition of poly(dG-dm5C). J Biomol Struct Dyn 1986; 3:1189-202. [PMID: 3271429 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1986.10508494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Raman spectroscopy was employed to investigate the temperature-induced B to Z transition of poly(dG-dm5C). The transition midpoint was about 37 degrees C for a solvent containing 20 mM Mg2+. A 10-fold change in Mg2+ concentration altered the transition midpoint by at least 60 degrees C. Raman spectra of the B and Z forms of poly(dG-dm5C) exhibited characteristics similar to those observed with poly(dG-dC). The 682 cm-1 guanine mode and 835 cm-1 backbone mode were present in the B conformation. In the Z form the intensities of these two bands decrease substantially and new peaks were observed at 621 cm-1, 805 and 819 cm-1. Several bands unique to poly(dG-dm5C) were also observed. Transition profiles of band intensity vs. temperature were determined for fourteen Raman bands. The curves of all of the base vibrations and one backbone mode had the same slope and midpoint. This indicates that conformational changes in the guanine and methycytosine bases occur concurrently.
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- D M Brown
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332
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Wartell RM, Harrell JT. Characteristics and variations of B-type DNA conformations in solution: a quantitative analysis of Raman band intensities of eight DNAs. Biochemistry 1986; 25:2664-71. [PMID: 3718971 DOI: 10.1021/bi00357a056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Raman spectra were obtained from four bacterial DNAs varying in GC content and four periodic DNA polymers in 0.1 M NaCl at 25 degrees C. A curve fitting procedure was employed to quantify and compare Raman band characteristics (peak location, height, and width) from 400 to 1600 cm-1. This procedure enabled us to determine the minimum number of Raman bands in regions with overlapping peaks. Quantitative comparison of the Raman bands of the eight DNAs provided several new results. All of the DNAs examined required bands near 809 (+/- 7) and 835 (+/- 5) cm-1 to accurately reproduce the experimental spectra. Since bands at these frequencies are associated with A-family and B-family conformations, respectively, this result indicates that all DNAs in solution have a mixture of conformations on the time scale of the Raman scattering process. Band characteristics in the 800-850-cm-1 region exhibited some dependence on CG content and base pair sequence. As previously noted by Thomas and Peticolas [Thomas, G. A., & Peticolas, W. L. (1983) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 105, 993], the poly[d(A)].poly[d(T)] spectra were qualitatively distinct in this region. The A-family band is clearly observed at 816 cm-1. The intensity of this band and that of the B-family band at 841 cm-1 were similar, however, to intensities in the natural DNA spectra. Three bands at 811, 823, and 841 cm-1 were required to reproduce the 800-850-cm-1 region of the poly[d(A-T)].poly[d(A-T)] spectra. This may indicate the presence of three backbone conformations in this DNA polymer. Analysis of intensity vs. GC content for 42 Raman bands confirmed previous assignments of base and backbone vibrations and provided additional information on a number of bands.
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Adam S, Taboury JA, Taillandier E, Popinel A, Huynh-Dinh T, Igolen J. Infrared spectral studies of the non regularly alternating purine-pyrimidine hexamers d(m5CGGCM5CG), d(CBr8GGCCBr8G) and d(CGCGGC). J Biomol Struct Dyn 1986; 3:873-85. [PMID: 3271415 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1986.10508470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The oligonucleotides d(m5CGGCm5CG), d(CBr8GGCCBr8G) and d(CGCGGC) have been prepared and studied by infrared spectroscopy. The three sequences contain two GC pairs which are out of purine-pyrimidine alternation with the rest of the sequence. From the IR data of the d(m5CGGCm5CG) hexamer, it is shown that all of the dG residues adopt a syn conformation. The marker IR bands for the C3' endo syn conformation are at 1410, 1354, 1320 and 925 cm-1 whereas those for the C2' endo anti conformation at 1420, 1374 and 890 cm-1 are clearly absent. This result implies that the two adjacent guanines of the d(m5CGGCm5CG) sequence are in syn conformation. It is suggested that duplex formation occurs in d(CGCGGC) films and that all of the guanines are in syn conformation. In contrast, the central non-brominated guanine of the d(CBr8GGCCBr8G) hexamer is found in anti conformation, as expected in a Z type structure of the non-alternating region.
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- S Adam
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire, UER Santé-Médecine Biologie Humaine, Bobigny, France
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Letellier R, Ghomi M, Taillandier E. Interpretation of DNA vibration modes: I--The guanosine and cytidine residues involved in poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) and d(CG)3.d(CG)3. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1986; 3:671-87. [PMID: 3271044 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1986.10508455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A normal coordinate analysis has been carried out on guanosine and cytidine residues appearing in oligo and polynucleotides by using a simplified valence force field that allows the vibrational spectra of 5'-dGMP and 2'-deoxycytidine molecules to be reproduced. The role of both C2'-endo and C3'-endo conformations on sugar pucker, as well as that of glycosidic torsion angle (X), on several characteristic vibration modes of these residues have been studied. The present calculations based on a non-redundant set of internal coordinates preserving the harmonic approximation of the potential field, allows us to explain quite satisfactorily the modifications of the vibrational spectra in the 1550-1250 cm-1 and 785-500 cm-1 regions, when the right----left-handed conformational transition occurs.
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- R Letellier
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire, U.F.R. de Bobigny, Université, Paris XIII, France
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Keller P, Hartman K. The effect of ionic environment and mercury(II) binding on the alternative structures of DNA. An infrared spectroscopic study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0584-8539(86)80192-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Vasmel H. Influence of supercoiling on DNA structure: laser Raman spectroscopy of the plasmid pBR322. Biopolymers 1985; 24:1001-8. [PMID: 3896332 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360240607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Benevides JM, Thomas GJ. Dependence of purine 8C-H exchange on nucleic acid conformation and base-pairing geometry: a dynamic probe of DNA and RNA secondary structures. Biopolymers 1985; 24:667-82. [PMID: 2581630 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360240407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nishimura Y, Tsuboi M, Kato S, Morokuma K. In-Plane Vibrational Modes of Guanine from an abInitioMO Calculation. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1985. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.58.638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chinsky L, Jolles B, Laigle A, Turpin PY, Taboury J, Taillandier E. Identification of a new electronic transition in the Z form of poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) by infrared absorption and resonance Raman spectroscopy. Biopolymers 1984; 23:1931-42. [PMID: 6498286 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360231009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Cheng DM, Kan LS, Frechet D, Ts'O POP, Uesugi S, Shida T, Ikehara M. 1H- and31P-nuclear magnetic resonance studies on the conformation ofd-(CpGpCpG)2 andd-(CpGpCpGpCpG)2 short helices in B-conformation. Biopolymers 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.360230416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Prescott B, Steinmetz W, Thomas GJ. Characterization of DNA structures by laser Raman spectroscopy. Biopolymers 1984; 23:235-56. [PMID: 6704487 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360230206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Möller A, Nordheim A, Kozlowski SA, Patel DJ, Rich A. Bromination stabilizes poly(dG-dC) in the Z-DNA form under low-salt conditions. Biochemistry 1984; 23:54-62. [PMID: 6691966 DOI: 10.1021/bi00296a009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Using circular dichroism studies, Pohl & Jovin (1972) [Pohl, F.M., & Jovin, T.M. (1972) J. Mol. Biol. 67, 375-396] demonstrated that poly(dG-dC) undergoes a salt-dependent conformational change characterized by a spectral inversion. The low-salt form corresponds to the right-handed B form of DNA and the high-salt form to the left-handed Z-DNA helix. Modification of poly(dG-dC) by adding bromine atoms to the C8 position of guanine and the C5 position of cytosine residues stabilized this polymer in the Z-DNA form under low-salt conditions. The guanine residues were found to be twice as reactive as the cytosine residues. With a modification of 38% Br8G and 18% Br5C, the polymers formed a stable Z-DNA helix under physiological conditions. The bromination produced spectroscopic features very similar to poly(dG-dC) in 4 M NaCl. However, bromination did not freeze the Z structure as was shown by ethidium bromide intercalation studies. Addition of the dye favored an intercalated B-DNA form. The conversion of B- to Z-DNA leads to profound conformational changes which were also seen by a reduced insensitivity to various exo- and endonucleases. Comparative studies showed that the brominated polymers have a high affinity to nitrocellulose filters. In 1 M NaCl, there was virtually no binding of B-DNA, but a substantial binding of Z-DNA was found even at rather low levels of bromination.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Wartell RM, Harrell JT, Zacharias W, Wells RD. Raman spectroscopy study of the B-Z transition in (dG-dC)n.(dG-dC)n and a DNA restriction fragment. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1983; 1:83-96. [PMID: 6101084 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1983.10507427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The B to Z conformational transition of (dG-dC)n.(dG-dC)n and a 157 bp DNA restriction fragment were followed using Raman spectroscopy. The 157 bp DNA has a 95 bp segment from the E. coli lactose operon sandwiched between 26 and 32 bp of (dC-dG) sequences. Raman spectra of the DNAs were obtained at varying sodium chloride concentrations through the region of the transition. A data analysis procedure was developed to subtract the background curves and quantify Raman vibrational bands. Profiles of relative intensity vs. sodium chloride concentration are shown for bands at 626, 682, 831-833 and 1093 cm-1. Both (dG-dC)n.(dG-dC)n and the 157 bp DNA show changes in the guanine vibration at 682 cm-1 and backbone band at 831-3 cm-1 preceding a highly cooperative change in the 1093 cm-1 PO2- vibration. This result indicates that there are at least two conformational steps in the B to Z conformational pathway. We review the effect of the (dC-dG) portion of the 157 bp DNA on the 95 bp segment. Comparison of Raman spectra of the 157 bp DNA, the 95 bp fragment and (dG-dC)n.(dG-dC)n indicate that in 4.5 M NaCl the (dC-dG) segments are in a Z-conformation. Base stacking in the 95 bp portion of the 157 bp DNA appears to maintain a B-type conformation. However, a substantial portion of this region no longer has a B-type backbone vibration.
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- R M Wartell
- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332
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McIntosh LP, Grieger I, Eckstein F, Zarling DA, van de Sande JH, Jovin TM. Left-handed helical conformation of poly[d(A-m5C).d(G-T)]. Nature 1983; 304:83-6. [PMID: 6866095 DOI: 10.1038/304083a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Poly[d(G-C)] serves as the prototype for the right-to-left (B to Z) transition in he helical sense of DNA, both in solution and inthe crystal form. However, the question remains as to which other synthetic and natural DNAs have the potential to adopt left-handed conformations. One logical candidate is the canonical alternating purine-pyrimidine sequence d(A-C)n.d(G-T)n which seems to be widely disseminated in eukaryotic genomes. Our approach to this question is based on the enzymatic synthesis of poly[d(A-C).d(G-U)] derivatives with systematic methyl and halogen substitutions in the C-5 position of the pyrimidines C and U. Such modifications in poly[d(G-C)] have previously been shown to potentiate the B to Z transition. Here we report a highly cooperative, reversible, salt- and temperature-dependent transition for poly[d(A-m5C).d(G-T)], a repeat of the d(A-m5C) sequence which may occur in natural DNA. Spectroscopic studies and the demonstrated ability to bind anti-Z-DNA antibodies suggest that the new helical conformation is left-handed and shares structural features with known Z-DNA. However, a novel property, not exhibited by poly[d(G-C)], is the profound temperature dependence of the conformational equilibrium.
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Zacharias W, Martin JC, Wells RD. Condensed form of (dG-dC)n X (dG-dC)n as an intermediate between the B- and Z-type conformations induced by sodium acetate. Biochemistry 1983; 22:2398-405. [PMID: 6860635 DOI: 10.1021/bi00279a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Circular dichroism and laser Raman spectroscopy reveal that the synthetic DNA polymer (dG-dC)n X (dG-dC)n undergoes a cooperative transition induced by sodium acetate from a right-handed B-form to a left-handed Z-type conformation with a midpoint at 2.05 M. However, at concentrations only slightly higher than the end point of this transition (above approximately 2.2 M) and up to approximately 2.65 M, the Z-form is not stable in solution but aggregates to form highly condensed DNA. A manyfold increase of positive ellipticity in the range 340-250 nm is observed which is indicative of a psi (+)-type structure. At even higher concentrations (greater than or equal to 2.7 M), the Z-form is stable without condensation, and there is no change in the inverted CD spectrum. All structural transitions are reversible except that it is not possible to redissolve the highly condensed psi (+)-form by further increasing the salt concentration to greater than or equal to 2.7 M. The very high cooperativity of these transitions enables the DNA polymer to adopt three distinctly different structures (B-, Z-, and psi-forms) within a narrow range of sodium acetate concentration (approximately 200 mM). The Raman spectra of the condensed form and the Z-form in very concentrated sodium acetate show that the psi (+)-type state forms without substantial changes of the secondary conformation of the DNA. This indicates that the left-handed Z-helix of (dG-dC)n X (dG-dC)n can form psi-type aggregates with an ordered superstructure similar to those observed for natural right-handed DNA helices.
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Thomas GJ, Prescott B, Day LA. Structure similarity, difference and variability in the filamentous viruses fd, If1, IKe, Pf1 and Xf. Investigation by laser Raman spectroscopy. J Mol Biol 1983; 165:321-56. [PMID: 6405045 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(83)80260-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The filamentous bacteriophages fd, If1, IKe, Pf1, Xf and Pf3 in aqueous solutions of low, moderate and high ionic strength have been investigated as a function of temperature by laser Raman difference spectroscopy. By analogy with Raman spectra of model compounds and viruses of known structure, the data reveal the following structural features: the predominant secondary structure of the coat protein subunit in each virus is the alpha-helix, but the amount of alpha-helix differs from one virus to another, ranging from an estimated high of 100% in Pf1 to a low of approximately 50% in Xf. The molecular environment and intermolecular interactions of tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine residues differ among the different viruses, as do the conformations of aliphatic amino acid side-chains. The foregoing features of coat protein structure are highly sensitive to changes in Na+ concentration, temperature or both. The backbones of A-DNA and B-DNA structures do not occur in any of the viruses, and unusual DNA structures are indicated for all six viruses. The alpha-helical protein subunits of Pf1, like those of Pf3 and Xf, can undergo reversible transitions to beta-sheet structures while retaining their association with DNA; yet fd, IKe and If1 do not undergo such transitions. Raman intensity changes with ionic strength or temperature suggest that transgauche rotations of aliphatic amino acid side-chains and stacking of aromatic side-chains are important structural variables in each virus.
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Brahms S, Vergne J, Brahms JG, Di Capua E, Bucher P, Koller T. Natural DNA sequences can form left-handed helices in low salt solution under conditions of topological constraint. J Mol Biol 1982; 162:473-93. [PMID: 7161804 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(82)90539-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Lemeunier F, Derbin C, Malfoy B, Leng M, Taillandier E. Identification of left-handed Z-DNA by indirect immunofluorescence in polytene chromosomes of Chironomus thummi thummi. Exp Cell Res 1982; 141:508-13. [PMID: 6754397 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(82)90245-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Energetic and structural inter-relationship between DNA supercoiling and the right- to left-handed Z helix transitions in recombinant plasmids. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33998-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wells RD, Miglietta JJ, Kłysik J, Larson JE, Stirdivant SM, Zacharias W. Spectroscopic studies on acetylaminofluorene-modified (dT-dG)n . (dC-dA)n suggest a left-handed conformation. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33999-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Left-handed DNA. Cloning, characterization, and instability of inserts containing different lengths of (dC-dG) in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33997-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nordheim A, Pardue ML, Lafer EM, Möller A, Stollar BD, Rich A. Antibodies to left-handed Z-DNA bind to interband regions of Drosophila polytene chromosomes. Nature 1981; 294:417-22. [PMID: 6796893 DOI: 10.1038/294417a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Antibodies which are specific to the Z-DNA conformation have been purified and characterized on the basis of their binding to three different DNA polymers which can form this left-handed helix. These antibodies bind specifically to polytene chromosomes of Drosophila melanogaster as visualized by fluorescent staining. The staining is found in the interband regions and its intensity varies among different interbands in a reproducible manner. This is the first identification of the Z-DNA conformation in material of biological origin.
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Taillandier E, Taboury J, Liquier J, Sautière P, Couppez M. Structural transitions in DNAs and nucleohistones studied by I.R. spectroscopy. Biochimie 1981; 63:895-8. [PMID: 7332758 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(82)80282-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Woody AY, Reisbig RR, Woody RW. Spectroscopic studies of Congo Red binding to RNA polymerase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1981; 655:82-8. [PMID: 7020764 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(81)90069-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The azo dye Congo Red has a high affinity for nucleotide-binding enzymes. We have studied the binding of Congo Red to RNA polymerase by circular dichroism (CD) and difference absorption spectroscopy, steady-state kinetics, and nitrocellulose filter-binding. Induced CD shows that a large number of Congo Red molecules bind to the holoenzyme. CD also demonstrates that the core enzyme at low ionic strengths has a distinctive Congo Red binding site which is not present in the holoenzyme, nor in the core enzyme at higher ionic strengths or in the presence of poly(dT). CD studies indicate that Congo Red can readily displace double-stranded polynucleotides (T7 DNA or poly[d(A-T)] from RNA polymerase. Single-stranded DNA (poly(dT) and T7 DNA in open complexes) is not displaced from RNA polymerase except at high Congo Red concentrations. Both kinetics and nitrocellulose filter-binding measurements support this conclusion. Difference spectra indicate that the bound Congo Red molecules undergo stacking. We postulate that RNA polymerase binds Congo Red in a region with which a segment of DNA normally interacts, and that Congo Red is a potent inhibitor because the stacked dye has a polyanionic character.
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Kłysik J, Stirdivant SM, Larson JE, Hart PA, Wells RD. Left-handed DNA in restriction fragments and a recombinant plasmid. Nature 1981; 290:672-7. [PMID: 6261149 DOI: 10.1038/290672a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Circular dichroism and 31P-NMR on synthetic oligomers of (dC-dG) inserted within DNA restriction fragments indicate that the right-handed B-structure can exist in close proximity to the left-handed Z-structure. Also, this salt-induced transition to Z-form in a small (dC-dG) segment (1.3%) of a recombinant plasmid markedly influenced the supercoil of the plasmid. These observations have implications for the postulated role of naturally occurring related simple sequences in the regulation of gene activity.
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Drew H, Takano T, Tanaka S, Itakura K, Dickerson RE. High-salt d(CpGpCpG), a left-handed Z' DNA double helix. Nature 1980; 286:567-73. [PMID: 7402336 DOI: 10.1038/286567a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The DNA tetramer d(CpGpCpG) or CGCG crystallizes from high-salt solution as a left-handed double helix, the Z' helix. Its structure differs from that of the other known left-handed helix, Z-DNA, by a Cl'-exo sugar pucker at deoxyguanosines rather than C3'-endo, and these represent two alternative solutions to the same steric constraint arising from the syn glycosyl bond orientation. The apparent molecular basis for the Z to Z' transition in going from intermediate to high salt is substitution of a bound anion for water at guanine amino groups, and consequent charge repulsion of anions and backbone phosphates.
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Reisbig R, Woody A, Woody R. Spectroscopic analysis of the interaction of Escherichia coli DNA-dependent RNA polymerase with T7 DNA and synthetic polynucleotides. J Biol Chem 1979. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)86471-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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