title: DNA recognition of a 24-mer peptide derived from RecA protein.
abstract: A novel 24-residue peptide (L2-G), Ile-Arg-Met-Lys-Ile-Gly-Val-Met-Phe-Gly-Asn-Pro-Glu-Thr-Thr-Thr-Gly-Gly-Asn-Ala-Leu-Lys-Phe-Tyr, derived from RecA can discriminate a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) from a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and a new developed support with this peptide recognizes not dsDNA but ssDNA. The 24-mer peptide with L2 and helix G amino acids of Escherichia coli RecA protein showed the ssDNA binding property with more than 1000 times affinity difference for the dsDNA. However, truncated 15-mer peptide showed no ssDNA binding activity. In the ssDNA binding, L2-G changed its conformation with the perturbation of an alpha-helix structure. The ssDNA binding and the DNA discrimination property of this peptide were due to almost all L2 and helix G amino acids, respectively. This result is useful to design synthetic peptides as functional materials for DNA recognition.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, and High Technology Research Center, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japan. sugimoto@konan-u.ac.jp
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mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D004247:DNA; D011938:Rec A Recombinases