title: NMR structure of the DNA decamer duplex containing double T*G mismatches of cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer: implications for DNA damage recognition by the XPC-hHR23B complex.
abstract: The cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) is a cytotoxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic DNA photoproduct and is repaired by the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway in mammalian cells. The XPC-hHR23B complex as the initiator of global genomic NER binds to sites of certain kinds of DNA damage. Although CPDs are rarely recognized by the XPC-hHR23B complex, the presence of mismatched bases opposite a CPD significantly increased the binding affinity of the XPC-hHR23B complex to the CPD. In order to decipher the properties of the DNA structures that determine the binding affinity for XPC-hHR23B to DNA, we carried out structural analyses of the various types of CPDs by NMR spectroscopy. The DNA duplex which contains a single 3' T*G wobble pair in a CPD (CPD/GA duplex) induces little conformational distortion. However, severe distortion of the helical conformation occurs when a CPD contains double T*G wobble pairs (CPD/GG duplex) even though the T residues of the CPD form stable hydrogen bonds with the opposite G residues. The helical bending angle of the CPD/GG duplex was larger than those of the CPD/GA duplex and properly matched CPD/AA duplex. The fluctuation of the backbone conformation and significant changes in the widths of the major and minor grooves at the double T*G wobble paired site were also observed in the CPD/GG duplex. These structural features were also found in a duplex that contains the (6-4) adduct, which is efficiently recognized by the XPC-hHR23B complex. Thus, we suggest that the unique structural features of the DNA double helix (that is, helical bending, flexible backbone conformation, and significant changes of the major and/or minor grooves) might be important factors in determining the binding affinity of the XPC-hHR23B complex to DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and National Creative Research Initiative Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chin-Ju
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jae-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akutsu
authors.forename: Byong-Seok
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D004249:DNA Damage; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006147:Guanine / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013941:Thymine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; C513287:RAD23B protein, human; C086985:RAD23A protein, human; D006147:Guanine; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D000225:Adenine; D013941:Thymine