Interaction of human plasma membrane proteins and oligodeoxynucleotides.
Two oligodeoxynucleotide (oligodN) binding proteins of 100-110 kDa on plasma membranes of human cell lines were recently identified by us. These two proteins seemed to play a role in oligodN uptake. In this study, the impact of the chain length and the sequence of the oligodN on the interaction with those two proteins was investigated. Chain length of oligodN was an important determinant, but not the sole determinant for the interaction. Binding affinity of oligodNs was determined predominantly by base composition, where pyrimidine bases but not purine bases were required in the sequence to retain high affinity. The binding kinetics of the homopolymers of deoxycytidine (dC21) and deoxythymidine (dT21) suggests that the proteins may have different binding sites, with one site preferring thymine bases and the other cytosine bases. Moreover, some additional plasma membrane proteins were identified, with an apparent molecular mass ranging from 40 to 58 kDa, which could bind thymine bases but not cytosine bases.
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Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-8066, USA.
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D001482:Base Composition; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides