Hartmann B, Piazzola D, Lavery R
Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, CNRS URA77, Paris, France.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1993 Feb 11;21(3):561-8. doi: 10.1093/nar/21.3.561.
Molecular modelling is used to study the conformational and energetic aspects of BI-BII transitions within the backbone of a B-DNA dodecamer d(CATGACGTCATG) whose fine structure has previously been determined by molecular modelling combined with NMR spectroscopy. It is shown that while the dodecamer under investigation does not contain any BII junctions, the central CpG step can most easily undergo the transition. More generally, it is also found that the base sequence and hence the backbone geometry of a DNA segment, strongly influences both the conformational impact of the transition, the associated energy barrier and the stability of the resulting BII state.
分子建模用于研究B-DNA十二聚体d(CATGACGTCATG)主链内BI-BII转变的构象和能量方面,该十二聚体的精细结构先前已通过分子建模与核磁共振光谱相结合的方法确定。结果表明,虽然所研究的十二聚体不包含任何BII连接,但中央的CpG步最容易发生转变。更普遍地,还发现DNA片段的碱基序列以及因此其主链几何结构,强烈影响转变的构象影响、相关的能量屏障以及所得BII状态的稳定性。