Open AccessSite exclusion and sequence specificity in binding of 9-aminoacridine to the deoxytetranucleotide dpApGpCpT.
Author(s) -
Peter R. Young,
Neville R. Kallenbach
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.77.11.6453
Subject(s) - intercalation (chemistry) , titration , chemistry , duplex (building) , molecule , sequence (biology) , dna , denaturation (fissile materials) , stoichiometry , crystallography , biochemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear chemistry
The interaction of the mutagenic dye 9-aminoacridine (9AA) with the self-complementary tetranucleotide dpApGpCpT has been studied by a combination of proton NMR titrations and thermal denaturation experiments. A minimum of three complexes of well-defined stoichiometry can be demonstrated in this system. Complex I is a 1:2 9AA/tetranucleotide structure occurring in the presence of excess tetranucleotide. The dye appears to intercalate within the GpC/GpC site of a tetranucleotide duplex. Complex II is a 2:2 9AA/tetranucleotide structure, with two dyes intercalated at the ApG/CpT sites of the duplex. Complex III is a low-temperature 4:2 9AA/tetranucleotide structure containing two dye molecules stacked over the terminal A-T residues of the duplex in addition to those present in complex II. These results show that both sequence selectivity and site exclusion can occur in this model system.