Cove M E, Tingey A P, Maxwell A
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Jul 15;25(14):2716-22. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.14.2716.
We have analysed the DNA cleavage reaction of DNA gyrase using oligonucleotides annealed to a single-stranded M13 derivative containing a preferred gyrase cleavage site. We find that gyrase can cleave duplexes down to approximately 20 bp in size in the presence of the quinolone drugs ciprofloxacin and oxolinic acid. Ciprofloxacin shows a variation in its site specificity with an apparent preference for G bases adjacent to the cleavage sites, whereas oxolinic acid stimulates cleavage predominantly at the previously determined site. With either drug, cleavage will not occur within 6 bases from the end of a DNA duplex or a nick. We suggest that cleavage site specificity with short DNA duplexes is determined by drug-DNA interactions whereas with longer fragments the positioning effect of the DNA wrap around gyrase prescribes the site of cleavage.
我们使用与含有首选促旋酶切割位点的单链M13衍生物退火的寡核苷酸,分析了促旋酶的DNA切割反应。我们发现,在喹诺酮类药物环丙沙星和恶喹酸存在的情况下,促旋酶能够切割大小约为20 bp的双链体。环丙沙星在其位点特异性上表现出变化,明显偏好切割位点相邻的G碱基,而恶喹酸主要刺激在先前确定的位点进行切割。使用任何一种药物时,在距DNA双链体末端或切口6个碱基范围内都不会发生切割。我们认为,短DNA双链体的切割位点特异性由药物与DNA的相互作用决定,而对于较长片段,DNA围绕促旋酶的定位效应规定了切割位点。