title: Thermodynamic analysis of the structure-function relationship in the total DNA-binding site of enzyme-DNA complexes.
abstract: Both helicases and polymerases perform their activities when bound to the nucleic acids, that is, the enzymes possess a nucleic acid-binding site. Functional complexity of the helicase or the polymerase action is reflected in the intricate structure of the total nucleic acid-binding site, which allows the enzymes to control and change their nucleic acid affinities during the catalysis. Understanding the fundamental aspects of the functional heterogeneity of the total nucleic acid-binding site of a polymerase or helicase can be achieved through quantitative thermodynamic analysis of the enzyme binding to the nucleic acids oligomers, which differ in their length. Such an analysis allows the experimenter to assess the presence of areas with strong and weak affinity for the nucleic acid, that is, the presence of the strong and the weak nucleic acid-binding subsites, determine the number of the nucleotide occlude by each subsite, and estimate their intrinsic free energies of interactions.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors: Wlodzimierz
authors: W
authors: Bujalowski
authors: Maria J
authors: MJ
authors: Jezewska
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