Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA.
Chem Res Toxicol. 2010 Dec 20;23(12):1868-70. doi: 10.1021/tx1003613.
Lesion-induced thermodynamic destabilization is believed to facilitate β-hairpin intrusion by the human XPC/hHR23B nucleotide excision repair (NER) recognition factor, accompanied by partner-base flipping, as suggested by the crystal structure of the yeast orthologue (Min, J. H., and Pavletich, N. P. (2007) Nature 449, 570-575). To investigate this proposed mechanism, we employed the umbrella sampling method to compute partner base flipping free energies for the repair susceptible 14R (+)-trans-anti-DB[a,l]P-N(2)-dG modified duplex 11-mer, derived from the fjord region polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dibenzo[a,l]pyrene, and for the undamaged duplex. Our flipping free energy profiles show that the adduct has a lower flipping barrier by ∼7.7 kcal/mol, consistent with its thermally destabilizing impact on the damaged DNA duplex and its susceptibility to NER.
据信,损伤诱导的热力学不稳定性有助于人类 XPC/hHR23B 核苷酸切除修复(NER)识别因子的β发夹侵入,同时伴有碱基对翻转,这是酵母同源物晶体结构所提示的(Min,J.H.和 Pavletich,N.P.(2007)自然 449,570-575)。为了研究这一拟议的机制,我们采用伞状采样方法计算了修复敏感的 14R(+)-反式-抗-DB[a,l]P-N(2)-dG 修饰的双链 11 -mer 的碱基对翻转自由能,该 11-mer 来自多环芳烃二苯并[a,l]芘的峡湾区域,以及未受损的双链。我们的翻转自由能曲线表明,加合物的翻转势垒降低了约 7.7 kcal/mol,这与它对损伤 DNA 双链的热不稳定性及其对 NER 的易感性一致。