Actinomycin D induced DNase I hypersensitivity and asymmetric structure transmission in a DNA hexadecamer.

AUTOR(ES)

Bishop, K D

RESUMO

DNase I cleavage rates and nmr chemical shifts are shown to change for DNA sequences distal to an intercalated actinomycin D molecule in a duplex hexadecamer upon drug binding. Both sets of observations suggest that the source of these changes is a DNA-mediated structural response. The nmr results imply the response is transmitted preferentially in a 5'-to-3' direction from the drug binding site. An inequivalent response of the two strands to a ligand-induced conformational change immediately suggests a mechanism for distinguishing the sense and antisense strands of DNA.

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