title: Molecular recognition between oligopeptides and nucleic acids. Specificity of binding of a monocationic bis-furan lexitropsin to DNA deduced from footprinting and 1H NMR studies.
abstract: MPE-Fe(EDTA) footprinting of a novel monocationic bis-furan lexitropsin 6 on a HindIII/EcoRI restriction fragment of pBR322 DNA revealed a series of four-base binding sites (all 5'----3') of (primary) TGTA, TGAA, AAAT, ACAA, TTAT, and (secondary) CTAA, TCGT, TGTA, GTCA, and GGTT. Thus 6 can accept a GC pair at positions 1, 2 or 3 of the binding site with a strict 3' (4 position) AT requirement. Marked enhancement of cleavage, particularly at GC rich sequences, is observed at regions flanking or even up to 18 base pairs remote from a given binding site. The non-exchangeable and imino 1H NMR resonances of the 1:1 complex and d-[CATGGCCATG]2 were assigned using a combination of NOE differences, NOESY and COSY techniques. 1H NMR studies (ligand induced chemical shifts and NOE differences) of Lexitropsin 6 with d-[CATGGCCATG]2 show unambiguously the location and orientation of the N to C termini of 6 on the sequence 5'-G5C6C7A8-3', with the C terminus oriented to A8. This orientation of 6 in the minor groove of 5'-GCCA is confirmed by an NOE observed between H1 2a of 6 and AH8(8). This preference for binding of 6 to the sequence 5'-GCCA when challenged with d-[CATGGCCATG]2 is in accord with the conclusions of the footprinting experiments wherein GC base pairs can be accepted in the first three positions and with a strict 3' terminus AT reading requirement. Collectively the data support the inference of a GC recognizing capacity for a 2,5-substituted furan moiety within a lexitropsin. The 1H NMR data indicate that the decadeoxyribonucleotide duplex exists in the B conformation in both the 1:1 complex and the free form. The apparent binding constant of 6 to calf thymus DNA is 1.68 X 10(5) M-1 whereas netropsin under similar conditions gives a value of 1.85 X 10(7) M-1. This suggests that if advantage is to be taken of the GC recognizing property of a 2,5-substituted furan in longer lexitropsins it should be flanked by more strongly bound moieties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krowicki
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lown
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Pon
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D003720:Densitometry; D006146:Guanidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009429:Netropsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011522:Protons
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011522:Protons; C053654:lexitropsin; C064472:bis(furan)lexitropsin; D009429:Netropsin; D004247:DNA