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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-24
pubmed:abstractText
We have developed a technique of partially-restrained molecular mechanics enthalpy minimisation which enables the sequence-dependence of the DNA binding of a non-intercalating ligand to be studied for arbitrary sequences of considerable length (greater than = 60 base-pairs). The technique has been applied to analyse the binding of berenil to the minor groove of a 60 base-pair sequence derived from the tyrT promoter; the results are compared with those obtained by DNAse I and hydroxyl radical footprinting on the same sequence. The calculated and experimentally observed patterns of binding are in good agreement. Analysis of the modelling data highlights the importance of DNA flexibility in ligand binding. Further, the electrostatic component of the interaction tends to favour binding to AT-rich regions, whilst the van der Waals interaction energy term favours GC-rich ones. The results also suggest that an important contribution to the observed preference for binding in AT-rich regions arises from lower DNA perturbation energies and is not accompanied by reduced DNA structural perturbations in such sequences. It is therefore concluded that those modes of DNA distortion favourable to binding are probably more flexible in AT-rich regions. The structure of the modelled DNA sequence has also been analysed in terms of helical parameters. For the DNA energy-minimised in the absence of berenil, certain helical parameters show marked sequence-dependence. For example, purine-pyrimidine (R-Y) base pairs show a consistent positive buckle whereas this feature is consistently negative for Y-R pairs. Further, CG steps show lower than average values of slide while GC steps show lower than average values of rise. Similar analysis of the modelling data from the calculations including berenil highlights the importance of DNA flexibility in ligand binding. We observe that the binding of berenil induces characteristic responses in different helical parameters for the base-pairs around the binding site. For example, buckle and tilt tend to become more negative to the 5'-side of the binding site and more positive to the 3'-side, while the base steps at either side of the centre of the site show increased twist and decreased roll.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4479-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction of berenil with the tyrT DNA sequence studied by footprinting and molecular modelling. Implications for the design of sequence-specific DNA recognition agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Research Campaign Biomolecular Structure Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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