title: Sequence dependence of the B to Z transition in crystals and aqueous NaCl solutions for deoxyoligonucleotides containing all four canonical DNA bases.
abstract: A laser Raman study has been made on the conformation of a series of self-complementary octameric deoxynucleotides that contain all four canonical deoxynucleotide bases [guanine (G), cytosine (C), adenine (A), and thymine (T)] in order to determine which sequences will crystallize in the Z form and which sequences will go into the Z form in aqueous solution at high salt concentrations (4-6 M NaCl). All four octadeoxynucleotides, d(TGCGCGCA) (I), d(CACGCGTG) (II), d(CGTGCACG) (III), and d(CGCATGCG) (IV), have been crystallized from low-salt solutions. The Raman spectra of microcrystals show that I, II, and IV crystallize in a rigorous Z form while III crystallizes in the B form. Sequences I and II go into a Z form in 4-6 M NaCl solution at 0 degrees C while sequences III and IV remain in the B form in 6 M salt. There are substantial differences in the Raman spectra of oligonucleotides in the Z form found in the crystal and in high-salt solutions. The Raman spectra of the Z forms in 6 M NaCl solution at 0 degrees C are not linear combinations of the Raman spectra of the complete Z form in the crystal and the complete B form in low-salt solutions. The terminal residues of these oligomers do not appear to be in a strict Z form. A detailed analysis of the ring puckers and syn/anti conformation for all of the residues both in solution and in the crystal has been made.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Thomas
authors: W L
authors: WL
authors: Peticolas
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D003460:Crystallization; D004247:DNA; D007700:Kinetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012996:Solutions; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012996:Solutions; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D004247:DNA