title: An NMR study on the conformation of a deoxyoligonucleotide duplex, d(GGGGCCCC)2, and its complex with chromomycin.
abstract: The conformation of drug-free d(GGGGCCCC)2 and the chromomycin-d(GGGGCCCC)2 complex in aqueous solution were studied by NMR spectroscopy. The present study has indicated that free d(GGGGCCCC)2 takes the B form in solution, although it takes the A form in the crystalline state. The NMR spectrum of the complex indicated that chromomycin binds as a symmetry-related dimer to the minor groove of the central four residues of d(GGGGCCCC)2. The drastic conformational change in the central four residues of d(GGGGCCCC)2 on going from the B form family to the A form was demonstrated by the characteristic NOEs and coupling patterns. The change seems to be indispensable for accommodation of the bulky chromomycin dimer in the minor groove. On the basis of the intermolecular NOEs between chromomycin and d(GGGGCCCC)2, the structure of the complex has been constructed and refined by energy minimization.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katahira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kyogoku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002865:Chromomycins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002865:Chromomycins; D009841:Oligonucleotides