Preferential hydrolysis of gap and bulge sites in DNA by Ce(IV)/EDTA complex

AUTOR(ES)

Kitamura, Yoshihito

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

A new strategy for site-selective DNA hydrolysis, which takes advantage of the difference in reactivity between the phosphodiester linkages at the target site and the others, is presented. As the molecular scissors, homogeneous Ce(IV)/ethylenediamine-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetate (EDTA) complex is used without being bound to any sequence-recognizing moiety. When a gap structure is formed at the target site by using two short oligonucleotides and the composite is treated with the Ce(IV)/EDTA complex at pH 7.0 and 37°C, the gap site in the substrate DNA is preferentially hydrolyzed over the double-stranded portion of the DNA. Site-selective DNA scission is also achieved by forming a bulge structure at the target site with the use of the appropriate oligonucleotide. These site-selective scissions are based on the following two factors: (i) the phosphodiester linkages in a single-stranded DNA are far more susceptible to the hydrolysis by the Ce(IV) complex than are the linkages in double-stranded DNA, and (ii) the phosphodiester linkages in the bulge sites are still more reactive than those in single-stranded DNA. In both cases, the addition of spermine significantly accelerates the scission.

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