Kochoyan M, Lancelot G, Leroy J L
Groupe de Biophysique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Aug 11;16(15):7685-702. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.15.7685.
Using proton magnetic resonance, we have investigated the structure and the base-pair opening kinetics of the d-(AATTGCAATT) self-complementary duplex. All the non-exchangeable (except H5',5") and most exchangeable proton resonances have been assigned. The structure belongs to the B family. Imino proton exchange, measured by line broadening, longitudinal relaxation and magnetization transfer from water, is catalyzed by proton acceptors. The base-pair lifetimes, obtained by extrapolation of the exchange times to infinite concentration of ammonia are 2 and 3 milliseconds for internal A.Ts and 18 ms for G.C at 15 degrees C. In the absence of added catalysts, the imino proton of the first A.T base pair exchanges faster than that of the unpaired thymidine of the duplex formed by the sequence d-(AATTGCAATTT). This gives strong evidence for intrinsic exchange catalysis. The exchange of adenine amino protons from the closed state has been observed. Hence amino proton exchange is ill-suited for the investigation of base-pair opening kinetics.
利用质子磁共振技术,我们研究了d-(AATTGCAATT)自互补双链体的结构和碱基对打开动力学。所有不可交换(除H5',5"外)和大多数可交换质子共振峰均已归属。该结构属于B族。通过谱线展宽、纵向弛豫以及从水中的磁化转移测量的亚氨基质子交换由质子受体催化。在15℃下,通过将交换时间外推至氨的无限浓度得到的内部A.T碱基对的碱基对寿命为2和3毫秒,G.C碱基对的寿命为18毫秒。在没有添加催化剂的情况下,第一个A.T碱基对的亚氨基质子比由序列d-(AATTGCAATTT)形成的双链体中未配对胸腺嘧啶的亚氨基质子交换得更快。这为内在交换催化提供了有力证据。已观察到腺嘌呤氨基质子从封闭状态的交换。因此,氨基质子交换不适用于研究碱基对打开动力学。