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拓变异和循环结构同质性在晶体和模拟结构的双分子DNA四重复的
Pascale Hazel1, Gary N Parkinson, Stephen Neidle
1Cancer Research U.K. Biomolecular Structure Group, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 20, 2006
概括
具有三核酸TTT连接器的DNA四重复结构形成具有侧环的双分子结构. 这与T4循环形成鲜明对比,表明DNA四重复中的首选TTT循环构造.
科学领域:
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 基因四重组是具有不同生物作用的关键核酸结构.
- 基因四重复的拓学受到G四重复基因之间的核酸连接器的显著影响.
- 了解链接效应是预测和控制DNA四重折叠的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究三核酸TTT链接器对DNA四重复形成的结构影响.
- 确定d(G(4) T(3) G(4)) 和其化模拟物d(G(4) Br (UTTG(4)) 的晶体结构.
- 为了比较循环形状和整体拓与先前研究的T4循环类似物.
主要方法:
- 采用X射线晶体学来确定两个DNA序列的高分辨率晶体结构.
- 结晶结构被解决为1.5 Å的d(G(4) T(3) G(4)) 和2.4 Å的d(G(4) Br (UTTG(4)).
- 进行了对晶体包装和不对称单元内的分子相互作用的分析.
主要成果:
- 这两种序列都形成了双分子分子间G-四复合体,其特征是侧环.
- 该d(G(4)(Br)UTTG(4)) 结构揭示了头对头堆叠的二极体,形成八个G-四重奏堆与K+离子.
- 所有观察到的四重复器都只具有侧环,与T4环类型中看到的对角环不同.
- 确定了七种不同的TTT循环,分为两个不同的形状类.
结论:
- 三核酸TTT连接器主要诱导DNA四重复中的侧环形成.
- 观察到的TTT环形状似乎是内在的,而不仅仅是由晶体包装决定的.
- 这些发现为DNA四重复的依赖序列的折叠偏好提供了洞察力.
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