title: Experimental mapping of DNA duplex shape enabled by global lineshape analyses of a nucleotide-independent nitroxide probe.
abstract: Sequence-dependent variation in structure and dynamics of a DNA duplex, collectively referred to as 'DNA shape', critically impacts interactions between DNA and proteins. Here, a method based on the technique of site-directed spin labeling was developed to experimentally map shapes of two DNA duplexes that contain response elements of the p53 tumor suppressor. An R5a nitroxide spin label, which was covalently attached at a specific phosphate group, was scanned consecutively through the DNA duplex. X-band continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to monitor rotational motions of R5a, which report on DNA structure and dynamics at the labeling site. An approach based on Pearson's coefficient analysis was developed to collectively examine the degree of similarity among the ensemble of R5a spectra. The resulting Pearson's coefficients were used to generate maps representing variation of R5a mobility along the DNA duplex. The R5a mobility maps were found to correlate with maps of certain DNA helical parameters, and were capable of revealing similarity and deviation in the shape of the two closely related DNA duplexes. Collectively, the R5a probe and the Pearson's coefficient-based lineshape analysis scheme yielded a generalizable method for examining sequence-dependent DNA shapes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA pzq@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Peter Z
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Qin
mesh_terms: D020029:Base Pairing; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D013113:Spin Labels; D019809:Streptavidin
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D004247:DNA; D019809:Streptavidin; C001803:tempol
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