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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
37
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread environmental contaminants whose metabolism in mammals results in deleterious cell transformation. Covalent modification of DNA by diol epoxides metabolically formed from PAHs such a benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) provides a mechanism for the genotoxicity, mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity of PAHs. We had previously reported NMR evidence for a minor conformer of the duplex d(G1G2T3C4A5*C6G7A8G9).d(C10T11C12G13G14G15A16C17C18) containing a dG14 mismatch opposite a dA5* residue modified at the exocyclic amino group by trans addition to (+)-(7R,8S,9S,10R)-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a] pyrene [Yeh, H.J.C., Sayer, J.M., Liu, X., Altieri, A.S., Byrd, R.A., Lashman, M.K., Yagi, H., Schurer, E.J., Gorenstein, D.G., & Jerina, D.M. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 13570-13581]. In the present work, we describe the structure of this minor conformer (ca. 17% of the total conformer population). This represents the first structural determination of a minor conformer of a carcinogen-lesion DNA adduct. Two-dimensional NOESY, ROESY, TOCSY, and exchange-only spectra at 750 MHz allowed nearly complete sequential assignment of both conformers. In the minor conformer, the adducted base assumes an anti-glycosidic torsion angle whereas in the major conformer it assumes an unusual syn-glycosidic torsion angle. The aromatic hydrocarbon in the minor conformer is intercalated between dG13 and dG14, preserving the energetically favorable stacking interactions found in the major conformer. The major structural differences between the two conformers appear to be near the lesion site as evidenced by the large chemical shift differences between major and minor conformer protons near the lesion site; away from this site, the chemical shifts of the major and minor conformer protons are nearly identical. Because any of the conformations of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-modified DNA may contribute to tumorigenic activity, structural determination of all conformations is essential for the elucidation of the mechanism of cell transformation initiated by covalent modification of DNA by PAHs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11069-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Solution structure of the minor conformer of a DNA duplex containing a dG mismatch opposite a benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide/dA adduct: glycosidic rotation from syn to anti at the modified deoxyadenosine.
pubmed:affiliation
Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1157, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't