title: DNA-mediated charge transport as a probe of MutY/DNA interaction.
abstract: MutY is an Escherichia coli DNA repair enzyme that binds to 8-oxo-G:A and G:A mismatches and catalyzes the deglycosylation of the mismatched 2'-deoxyadenosine. We have applied DNA-mediated charge transport to probe the interaction of MutY with its DNA substrate. Oligonucleotides synthesized with a tethered rhodium intercalator and guanine doublets placed before and after the MutY binding site are used to assay for base flipping activity by MutY. On the basis of this assay, we find no evidence that MutY uses progressive base flipping as a means to find its binding site; protein binding does not perturb long-range DNA charge transport. DNA-mediated charge transport can be utilized to promote protein-DNA cross-linking from a distance. Long-range oxidation of 8-oxo-G within the MutY binding site using tethered rhodium intercalators promoted cross-linking and yielded information on MutY side chains that interact with this base. On the basis of photooxidative cross-linking of the wild type but not K142A mutant, it is evident that, within the protein complex, lysine 142 makes important contacts with 8-oxo-G.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Boon
authors.forename: Mary Ann
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Sheila S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Jacqueline K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011489:Protein Denaturation
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; C061738:mutY adenine glycosylase