title: Solution conformation and dynamics of the octadeoxy-nucleotide d(CACTAGTG)2: a multinuclear n.m.r. relaxation study.
abstract: The conformation and internal dynamics of the octadeoxynucleotide d(CACTAGTG)2 have been examined by 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. relaxation. All the non-exchangeable protons, the seven phosphate resonances, and most of the 13C resonances of the proton-bearing carbons have been assigned by conventional two-dimensional n.m.r. methods. The average conformations of each nucleotide have been determined using time-dependent one-dimensional n.O.e.'s and 3JHH values derived from both NOESY and 2-quantum-filtered COSY experiments. All glycosidic torsion angles are anti, and in the range -95 to 125 degrees, in which the pyrimidines have a significantly larger angle than the purines. All sugars were found mainly (greater than 80%) in the conformation range C-2'endo to C-3'exo. The DNA fragment is within the B-family of conformations. The cytosine H-6-H-5 vectors move with an apparent correlation time of 3 ns at 25 degrees. Cross-relaxation rate constants for the H-1'-H-2b vectors and some H-2a-H-2b and H-2a-H-3' vectors were measured, from which order parameters were determined. The order parameters are all in the range 0.7-0.9, which is consistent with only moderate internal mobility on the sub-ns time scale. The (1H)-13C n.O.e. and the spin-lattice relaxation rate constant show that the terminal residues are relatively more mobile than the internal residues, and that the C-2'-H and C-3'-H vectors move with order parameters of 0.6-0.75.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, Great Britain.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Lane
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D011522:Protons; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006027:Glycosides; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010710:Phosphates; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D011522:Protons; D012996:Solutions