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Published on: June 26, 2020
Base pair opening kinetics and dynamics in the DNA duplexes that specifically recognized by very short patch repair
Sung Jae Cho1, Jongchul Bang, Joon-Hwa Lee
1Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
In Escherichia coli, the very short patch (VSP) repair system is a major pathway for removal of T.G mismatches in Dcm target sequences. In the VSP repair pathway, the very short patch repair (Vsr) endonuclease selectively recognizes a T.G mismatch in Dcm target sequences and hydrolyzes the 5'-phosphate group of the mismatched thymine. The hydrogen exchange NMR studies here revealed that the T5.G18 mismatch in the Dcm target sequence significantly stabilizes own base pair but destabilizes the two neighboring G4.C19 and A6.T17 base pairs compare to other T.G mismatches. These unusual patterns of base pair stability in the Dcm target sequence can explain how the Vsr endonuclease specifically recognizes the mismatched Dcm target sequence and intercalates into the DNA.
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