M-DNA is stabilised in G•C tracts or by incorporation of 5-fluorouracil
AUTOR(ES)
Wood, David O.
FONTE
Oxford University Press
RESUMO
M-DNA is a complex between the divalent metal ions Zn2+, Ni2+ and Co2+ and duplex DNA which forms at a pH of ∼8.5. The stability and formation of M-DNA was monitored with an ethidium fluorescence assay in order to assess the relationship between pH, metal ion concentration, DNA concentration and the base composition. The dismutation of calf thymus DNA exhibits hysteresis with the formation of M-DNA occurring at a higher pH than the reconversion of M-DNA back to B-DNA. Hysteresis is most prominent with the Ni form of M-DNA where complete reconversion to B-DNA takes several hours even in the presence of EDTA. Increasing the DNA concentration leads to an increase in the metal ion concentration required for M-DNA formation. Both poly(dG)•poly(dC) and poly(dA)•poly(dT) formed M-DNA more readily than the corresponding mixed sequence DNAs. For poly(dG)•(poly(dC) M-DNA formation was observed at pH 7.4 with 0.5 mM ZnCl2. Modified bases were incorporated into a 500 bp fragment of phage λ DNA by polymerase chain reaction. DNAs in which guanine was replaced with hypoxanthine or thymine with 5-fluorouracil formed M-DNA at pHs below 8 whereas substitutions such as 2-aminoadenine and 5-methylcytosine had little effect. Poly[d(A5FU)] also formed a very stable M-DNA duplex as judged from Tm measurements. It is evident that the lower the pKa of the imino proton of the base, the lower the pH at which M-DNA will form; a finding that is consistent with the replacement of the imino proton with the metal ion.
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