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Mishra RC, Dwivedi N, Rama PT, Bansal I, Saxena JK. Synthesis and DNA topoisomerase-II inhibitory activity of unnatural nucleosides. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2005; 24:15-35. [PMID: 15715196 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-46776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The synthesis and biological activities of a number of unnatural nucleosides (23-43) is described. Nucleosides have been synthesized by SnCl4-catalyzed condensation of amino sugar acetates and silylated modified pyrimidines. Few of the 2'-O-acetyl derivatives of the nucleosides were hydrolyzed to the respective hydroxy derivatives by treatment with methanol saturated with ammonia. The compounds were screened against Filarial DNA-topoisomerase-II but only one of the compounds (29) inhibited this enzyme at 40 microg/mL of reaction mixture.
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- Ram Chandra Mishra
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Al-Madhoun AS, Eriksson S, Wang ZX, Naimi E, Knaus EE, Wiebe LI. Phosphorylation of isocarbostyril- and difluorophenyl-nucleoside thymidine mimics by the human deoxynucleoside kinases. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2005; 23:1865-74. [PMID: 15628745 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-200040634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The thymidine mimics isocarbostyril nucleosides and difluorophenyl nucleosides were tested as deoxynucleoside kinase substrates using recombinant human cytosolic thymidine kinase (TK1) and deoxycytidine kinase (dCK), and mitochondrial thymidine kinase (TK2) and deoxyguanosine kinase (dGK). The isocarbostyril nucleoside compound 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-isocarbostyril (EN1) was a poor substrate with all the enzymes. The phosphorylation rates of EN1 with TK1 and TK2 were <1% relative to Thd, where as the phosphorylation rates for EN1 were 1.4% and 1.1% with dCK and dGK relative to dCyd and dGuo, respectively. The analogue 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-7-iodoisocarbostyril (EN2) showed poor relative-phosphorylation efficiencies (kcat/Km) with both TK1 and dGK, but not with TK2. The kcat/Km value for EN2 with TK2 was 12.6% relative to that for Thd. Of the difluorophenyl nucleosides, 5-(1'-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl))-2,4-difluorotoluene (JW1) and 1-(1'-(2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl))-2,4-difluoro-5-iodobenzene (JW2) were substrates for TK1 with phosphorylation efficiencies of about 5% relative to that for Thd. Both analogues were considerably more efficient substrates for TK2, with kcat/Km values of 45% relative to that for Thd. 2,5-Difluoro-4-[1-(2-deoxy-beta-L-ribofuranosyl)]-aniline (JW5), a L-nucleoside mimic, was phosphorylated up to 15% as efficiently as deoxycytidine by dCK. These data provide a possible explanation for the previously reported lack of cytotoxicity of the isocarbostyril- and difluorophenyl nucleosides, but potential mitochondrial effects of EN2, JW1 and JW2 should be further investigated.
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- Ashraf Said Al-Madhoun
- Division of Cardiology, Vascular Biology Laboratory, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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Hirao I, Harada Y, Kimoto M, Mitsui T, Fujiwara T, Yokoyama S. A two-unnatural-base-pair system toward the expansion of the genetic code. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 126:13298-305. [PMID: 15479084 DOI: 10.1021/ja047201d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Toward the site-specific incorporation of amino acid analogues into proteins, a two-unnatural-base-pair system was developed for coupled transcription-translation systems with the expanded genetic code. A previously designed unnatural base pair between 2-amino-6-(2-thienyl)purine (denoted by s) and pyridin-2-one (denoted by y) was used for the site-specific incorporation of yTP into RNA opposite s in templates by T7 RNA polymerase. For the site-specific incorporation of sTP into RNA, a newly developed unnatural base, imidazolin-2-one (denoted by z), is superior to y as a template base for pairing with s in T7 transcription. The combination of the s-y and s-z pairs provides a powerful tool to prepare both y-containing mRNA and s-containing tRNA for efficient coupled transcription-translation systems, in which the genetic code is expanded by the codon-anticodon interactions mediated by the s-y pair. In addition, the nucleoside of s is strongly fluorescent, and thus the s-z pair enables the site-specific fluorescent labeling of RNA molecules. These unnatural-base-pair studies provide valuable information for understanding the mechanisms of replication and transcription.
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- Ichiro Hirao
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan.
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Replacement of Canonical DNA Nucleobases by Benzotriazole and 1,2,3-Triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine: Synthesis, Fluorescence, and Ambiguous Base Pairing. Helv Chim Acta 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200590052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bera PP, Schaefer HF. (G-H)*-C and G-(C-H)* radicals derived from the guanine.cytosine base pair cause DNA subunit lesions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:6698-703. [PMID: 15814617 PMCID: PMC1100756 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408644102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The radicals generated by the homolytic cleavage of an X-H bond from the guanine.cytosine (G.C) base pair were studied by using carefully calibrated theoretical methods. The gradient-corrected density functional B3LYP was applied in conjunction with double-zeta plus polarization and diffuse function basis sets. Optimized geometries, energies, and vibrational frequencies were obtained for all of the radicals considered. Structural perturbations along with energy relaxation due to radical formation were investigated. Dissociation energies of the G.C base pair and all of the radicals are predicted and compared with the dissociation energy of neutral G.C. The three lowest-energy base pair radicals all involve removal of an H atom from one of the N atoms in G.C. The lowest-energy base pair radical has the hydrogen atom removed from the guanine nitrogen atom used for the sugar phosphate linkage in DNA. This (G-H)(*)-C radical has a dissociation energy (to G-H(*) + C) of 30 kcal/mol, which may be compared with 27 kcal/mol for G.C. All of the radicals that are possible outcomes of direct ionizing radiation or oxidizing species were investigated for the presence of local minima with significant structural changes. Major structural deformations cause strain in the interstrand hydrogen bonding in the DNA double helix. Severe geometry changes were observed when the hydrogen was abstracted from interstrand hydrogen bonding sites, along with sizeable energy changes, indicating the potentially serious consequences to the G.C base pair.
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- Partha Pratim Bera
- Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Brotschi C, Leumann CJ. RNA duplexes with biphenyl substituents as base replacements are less stable than DNA duplexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2005:2023-5. [PMID: 15834493 DOI: 10.1039/b419278h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Introduction of a hydrophobic biphenyl-C-nucleotide pair into a 11-mer RNA duplex is associated with a net penalty in the free energy of duplex formation of 2.0 kcal mol(-1) or 10 degrees C in Tm, relative to DNA. These differential stabilities are of relevance with respect to the transcriptional and translational aspects of hydrophobic base-pairs.
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- Christine Brotschi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Liu H, Gao J, Kool ET. Size-Expanded Analogues of dG and dC: Synthesis and Pairing Properties in DNA. J Org Chem 2004; 70:639-47. [PMID: 15651812 DOI: 10.1021/jo048357z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe the completion of the set of four benzo-fused expanded DNA (xDNA) nucleoside analogues. We previously reported the development of benzo-fused analogues of dA and dT and their inclusion in an exceptionally stable new four-base genetic system, termed xDNA, in which the base pairs were expanded in size. Here we describe the preparation and properties of the second half of this nucleotide set: namely, the previously unknown dxC and dxG nucleosides. The dxC analogue was prepared from the previously reported dxT nucleoside in three steps and 57% yield. The large-sized deoxyguanosine analogue was prepared from an intermediate in the synthesis of dxA, yielding dxG in 14 steps overall (2.4%). Suitably protected versions of the deoxynucleosides were prepared for oligonucleotide synthesis following standard procedures, and they were readily incorporated into DNA by automated synthesizer. "Dangling-end" measurements revealed that the benzo-fused homologues stack considerably more strongly on neighboring DNA sequences than do their natural counterparts. Base pairing experiments with xC or xG bases showed that they pair selectively with their Watson-Crick partners, but with mild destabilization, due apparently to their larger size. Overall, the data suggest that the fluorescent xG and xC bases may be useful probes of steric effects in the study of biological nucleotide recognition mechanisms. In addition, the completion of the xDNA nucleoside set makes it possible in the future to construct full four-base xDNA strands that can target any sequence of natural DNA and RNA.
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- Haibo Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5080, USA
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Shionoya M, Tanaka K. Artificial metallo-DNA: a bio-inspired approach to metal array programming. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2004; 8:592-7. [PMID: 15556401 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2004.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The structure of DNA is such that the multi-array of functionalized units with desired numbers and sequences within the DNA is possible. In particular, to replace DNA bases, which are biologically important elements for gene expression, by alternative bases would provide powerful tools for programming molecular arrays in a pre-designed manner. This review focuses on recent chemical approaches to self-assembled metal arrays within DNA with metal-mediated base pairing.
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- Mitsuhiko Shionoya
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Steven A Benner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Henry AA, Olsen AG, Matsuda S, Yu C, Geierstanger BH, Romesberg FE. Efforts to expand the genetic alphabet: identification of a replicable unnatural DNA self-pair. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:6923-31. [PMID: 15174862 DOI: 10.1021/ja049961u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Six unnatural nucleotides featuring fluorine-substituted phenyl nucleobase analogues have been synthesized, incorporated into DNA, and characterized in terms of the structure and replication properties of the self-pairs they form. Each unnatural self-pair is accommodated in B-form DNA without detectable structural perturbation, and all are thermally stable and selective to roughly the same degree. Furthermore, the efficiency of polymerase-mediated mispair synthesis is similar for each unnatural nucleotide in the template. In contrast, the efficiency of polymerase-mediated self-pair extension is highly dependent on the specific fluorine substitution pattern. The most promising unnatural base pair candidate of this series is the 3-fluorobenzene self-pair, which is replicated with reasonable efficiency and selectivity.
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- Allison A Henry
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Liu P, Burdzy A, Sowers LC. DNA ligases ensure fidelity by interrogating minor groove contacts. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:4503-11. [PMID: 15328364 PMCID: PMC516055 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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DNA ligases, found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, covalently link the 3'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate ends of duplex DNA segments. This reaction represents a completion step for DNA replication, repair and recombination. It is well established that ligases are sensitive to mispairs present on the 3' side of the ligase junction, but tolerant of mispairs on the 5' side. While such discrimination would increase the overall accuracy of DNA replication and repair, the mechanisms by which this fidelity is accomplished are as yet unknown. In this paper, we present the results of experiments with Tth ligase from Thermus thermophilus HB8 and a series of nucleoside analogs in which the mechanism of discrimination has been probed. Using a series of purine analogs substituted in the 2 and 6 positions, we establish that the apparent base pair geometry is much more important than relative base pair stability and that major groove contacts are of little importance. This result is further confirmed using 5-fluorouracil (FU) mispaired with guanine. At neutral pH, the FU:G mispair on the 3' side of a ligase junction is predominantly in a neutral wobble configuration and is poorly ligated. Increasing the solution pH increases the proportion of an ionized base pair approximating Watson-Crick geometry, substantially increasing the relative ligation efficiency. These results suggest that the ligase could distinguish Watson-Crick from mispaired geometry by probing the hydrogen bond acceptors present in the minor groove as has been proposed for DNA polymerases. The significance of minor groove hydrogen bonding interactions is confirmed with both Tth and T4 DNA ligases upon examination of base pairs containing the pyrimidine shape analog, difluorotoluene (DFT). Although DFT paired with adenine approximates Watson-Crick geometry, a minor groove hydrogen bond acceptor is lost. Consistent with this hypothesis, we observe that DFT-containing base pairs inhibit ligation when on the 3' side of the ligase junction. The NAD+-dependent ligase, Tth, is more sensitive to the DFT analog on the unligated strand whereas the ATP-dependent T4 ligase is more sensitive to substitutions in the template strand. Electrophoretic gel mobility-shift assays demonstrate that the Tth ligase binds poorly to oligonucleotide substrates containing analogs with altered minor groove contacts.
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- Pingfang Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Sun WY, Zhou A, Wiebe LI, Knaus EE. Cyclosaligenyl pronucleotides of 5-iodo and 5-trifluoromethyl-1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluorobenzene mimics of thymidine: synthesis and evaluation of this pronucleotide monophosphate delivery system for compounds with potential anticancer activity. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2004; 22:2121-32. [PMID: 14714761 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-120026634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A group of unnatural 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluorobenzenes possessing a 5-I or 5-CF3 substituent, that were originally designed as thymidine mimics, were coupled via their 5'-OH group to a cyclosaligenyl (cycloSal) ring system having a variety of C-3 substituents (Me, OMe, H). The 5'-O-cycloSal-pronucleotide concept was designed to effect a thymidine kinase-bypass, thereby providing a method for the intracellular delivery and generation of the 5'-O-monophosphate for nucleosides that are poorly phosphorylated. The 5'-O-cycloSal pronucleotide phosphotriesters synthesized in this study were obtained as a 1:1 mixture of two diastereomers that differ in configuration (S(P) or R(P)) at the asymmetric phosphorous center. The (S(P))- and (R(P))-diastereomers for the 5'-O-3-methylcycloSal- and 5'-O-3-methoxycycloSal derivatives of 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-iodobenzene were separated by silica gel flash column chromatography. This class of cycloSal pronucleotide compounds generally exhibited weak cytotoxic activities in a MTT assay (CC50 values in the 10(-3) to 10(-4) M range), against a number of cancer cell lines (143B, 143B-LTK, EMT-6, Hela, 293), except for cyclosaligenyl-5'-O-[1'-(2,4-difluoro-5-iodophenyl)-2'-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl]phosphate that was more potent (CC50 values in the 10(-5) to 10(-6) M range), than the reference drug 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine (IUDR) which showed CC50 values in the 10(-3) to 10(-5) M range.
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- Wei Yan Sun
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Rappaport HP. The fidelity of replication of the three-base-pair set adenine/thymine, hypoxanthine/cytosine and 6-thiopurine/5-methyl-2-pyrimidinone with T7 DNA polymerase. Biochem J 2004; 381:709-17. [PMID: 15078225 PMCID: PMC1133880 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2003] [Revised: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 04/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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With the goal of constructing a genetic alphabet consisting of a set of three base pairs, the fidelity of replication of the three base pairs T(H) (5-methyl-2-pyrimidinone)/H(S) (6-thiopurine; thiohypoxanthine), C/H (hypoxanthine) and T/A was evaluated using T7 DNA polymerase, a polymerase with a strong 3'-->5' exonuclease activity. An evaluation of the suitability of a new base pair for replication should include both the contribution of the fidelity of a polymerase activity and the contribution of proofreading by a 3'-->5' exonuclease activity. Using a steady-state kinetics method that included the contribution of the 3'-->5' exonuclease activity, the fidelity of replication was determined. The method determined the ratio of the apparent rate constant for the addition of a deoxynucleotide to the primer across from a template base by the polymerase activity and the rate constant for removal of the added deoxynucleotide from the primer by the 3'-->5' exonuclease activity. This ratio was designated the eni (efficiency of net incorporation). The eni of the base pair C/H was equal to or greater than the eni of T/A. The eni of the base pair T(H)/H(S) was 0.1 times that of A/T for T(H) in the template and 0.01 times that of A/T for H(S) in the template. The ratio of the eni of a mismatched deoxynucleotide to the eni of a matched deoxynucleotide was a measure of the error frequency. The error frequencies were as follows: thymine or T(H) opposite a template hypoxanthine, 2x10(-6); H(S) opposite a template cytosine, <3x10(-4). The remaining 24 mismatched combinations of bases gave no detectable net incorporation. Two mismatches, hypoxanthine opposite a template thymine or a template T(H), showed trace incorporation in the presence of a standard dNTP complementary to the next template base. T7 DNA polymerase extended the primer beyond each of the matched base pairs of the set. The level of fidelity of replication of the three base pairs with T7 DNA polymerase suggests that they are adequate for a three-base-pair alphabet for DNA replication.
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Minetti CASA, Remeta DP, Miller H, Gelfand CA, Plum GE, Grollman AP, Breslauer KJ. The thermodynamics of template-directed DNA synthesis: base insertion and extension enthalpies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:14719-24. [PMID: 14623953 PMCID: PMC299778 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2336142100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We used stopped-flow calorimetry to measure the overall enthalpy change associated with template-directed nucleotide insertion and DNA extension. Specifically, we used families of hairpin self-priming templates in conjunction with an exonuclease-free DNA polymerase to study primer extension by one or more dA or dT residues. Our results reveal exothermic heats between -9.8 and -16.0 kcal/bp for template-directed enzymatic polymerization. These extension enthalpies depend on the identity of the inserting base, the primer terminus, and/or the preceding base. Despite the complexity of the overall process, the sign, magnitude, and sequence dependence of these insertion and extension enthalpies are consistent with nearest-neighbor data derived from DNA melting studies. We recognize that the overall process studied here involves contributions from a multitude of events, including dNTP to dNMP hydrolysis, phosphodiester bond formation, and enzyme conformational changes. It is therefore noteworthy that the overall enthalpic driving force per base pair is of a magnitude similar to that expected for addition of one base pair or base stack per insertion event, rather than that associated with the rupture and/or formation of covalent bonds, as occurs during this catalytic process. Our data suggest a constant sequence-independent background of compensating enthalpic contributions to the overall process of DNA synthesis, with discrimination expressed by differences in noncovalent interactions at the template-primer level. Such enthalpic discrimination underscores a model in which complex biological events are regulated by relatively modest energy balances involving weak interactions, thereby allowing subtle mechanisms of regulation.
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- Conceição A S A Minetti
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Paul N, Nashine VC, Hoops G, Zhang P, Zhou J, Bergstrom DE, Davisson VJ. DNA Polymerase Template Interactions Probed by Degenerate Isosteric Nucleobase Analogs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 10:815-25. [PMID: 14522052 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2003.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The development of novel artificial nucleobases and detailed X-ray crystal structures for primer/template/DNA polymerase complexes provide opportunities to assess DNA-protein interactions that dictate specificity. Recent results have shown that base pair shape recognition in the context of DNA polymerase must be considered a significant component. The isosteric azole carboxamide nucleobases (compounds 1-5; ) differ only in the number and placement of nitrogen atoms within a common shape and therefore present unique electronic distributions that are shown to dictate the selectivity of template-directed nucleotide incorporation by DNA polymerases. The results demonstrate how nucleoside triphosphate substrate selection by DNA polymerase is a complex phenomenon involving electrostatic interactions in addition to hydrogen bonding and shape recognition. These azole nucleobase analogs offer unique molecular tools for probing nonbonded interactions dictating substrate selection and fidelity of DNA polymerases.
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- Natasha Paul
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Henry AA, Yu C, Romesberg FE. Determinants of unnatural nucleobase stability and polymerase recognition. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:9638-46. [PMID: 12904030 DOI: 10.1021/ja035398o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Six new unnatural nucleobases have been synthesized and characterized in terms of stability and selectivity of self-pairing in duplex DNA and efficiency and fidelity of self-pairing during polymerase-mediated replication. Each nucleobase has a conserved ring structure but differs from the others in its specific pattern of substitution with oxygen and sulfur atoms. Heteroatom derivatization within the conserved scaffold is shown to have only moderate effects on unnatural self-pair synthesis by the polymerase; larger effects were observed on the thermal stability and polymerase-mediated extension of the self-pairs. The largest effects of heteroatom substitution were on the stability and synthesis of mispairs between the unnatural and natural bases. Certain heteroatom substitutions were found to have a general effect while others were found to have effects that were specific for a particular unnatural or natural base. The data are useful for designing stable and replicable third base pairs and for understanding the contributions of nucleobase shape, polarity, and polarizability to the stability and replication of DNA.
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- Allison A Henry
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California, 92037, USA
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Lener D, Kvaratskhelia M, Le Grice SFJ. Nonpolar thymine isosteres in the Ty3 polypurine tract DNA template modulate processing and provide a model for its recognition by Ty3 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:26526-32. [PMID: 12730227 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302374200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Despite diverging in sequence and size, the polypurine tract (PPT) primers of retroviruses and long terminal repeat-containing retrotransposons are accurately processed from (+) U3 RNA and DNA by their cognate reverse transcriptases (RTs). In this paper, we demonstrate that misalignment of the Ty3 retrotransposon RT on the human immunodeficiency virus-1 PPT induces imprecise removal of adjacent (+)-RNA and failure to release (+)-DNA from the primer. Based on these observations, we explored the structural basis of Ty3 PPT recognition by chemically synthesizing RNA/DNA hybrids whose (-)-DNA template was substituted with the non-hydrogen-bonding thymine isostere 2,4-difluoro-5-methylbenzene (F). We observed a consistent spatial correlation between the site of T --> F substitution and enhanced ribonuclease H (RNase H) activity approximately 12-13 bp downstream. In the most pronounced case, dual T --> F substitution at PPT positions -1/-2 redirects RNase H cleavage almost exclusively to the novel site. The structural features of this unusual base suggest that its insertion into the Ty3 PPT (-)-DNA template weakens the duplex, inducing a destabilization that is recognized by a structural element of Ty3 RT approximately 12-13 bp from its RNase H catalytic center. A likely candidate for this interaction is the thumb subdomain, whose minor groove binding tract most likely contacts the duplex. The spatial relationship derived from T --> F substitution also infers that Ty3 PPT processing requires recognition of sequences in its immediate 5' vicinity, thereby locating the RNase H catalytic center over the PPT-U3 junction, a notion strengthened by additional mutagenesis studies of this paper.
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MESH Headings
- Catalytic Domain
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/metabolism
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- DNA, Viral/metabolism
- HIV Reverse Transcriptase/metabolism
- HIV-1/genetics
- HIV-1/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Fungal/chemistry
- RNA, Fungal/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/metabolism
- RNA, Viral/chemistry
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry
- RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
- Retroelements/genetics
- Ribonuclease H/chemistry
- Ribonuclease H/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Thymine/chemistry
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- Daniela Lener
- Resistance Mechanisms Laboratory, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Washington MT, Helquist SA, Kool ET, Prakash L, Prakash S. Requirement of Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding for DNA synthesis by yeast DNA polymerase eta. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:5107-12. [PMID: 12832493 PMCID: PMC162216 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.14.5107-5112.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Classical high-fidelity DNA polymerases discriminate between the correct and incorrect nucleotides by using geometric constraints imposed by the tight fit of the active site with the incipient base pair. Consequently, Watson-Crick (W-C) hydrogen bonding between the bases is not required for the efficiency and accuracy of DNA synthesis by these polymerases. DNA polymerase eta (Poleta) is a low-fidelity enzyme able to replicate through DNA lesions. Using difluorotoluene, a nonpolar isosteric analog of thymine unable to form W-C hydrogen bonds with adenine, we found that the efficiency and accuracy of nucleotide incorporation by Poleta are severely impaired. From these observations, we suggest that W-C hydrogen bonding is required for DNA synthesis by Poleta; in this regard, Poleta differs strikingly from classical high-fidelity DNA polymerases.
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- M Todd Washington
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1061, USA
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Harris VH, Smith CL, Cummins WJ, Hamilton AL, Hornby DP, Williams DM. Recognition of base-pairing by DNA polymerases during nucleotide incorporation: the properties of the mutagenic nucleotide dPTP alphaS. Org Biomol Chem 2003; 1:2070-4. [PMID: 12945897 DOI: 10.1039/b302011h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The highly mutagenic nucleoside dP (6-(2-deoxy-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,4-dihydro-6H,8H-pyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-2-one) is a bicyclic analogue of N4-methoxy-2'-deoxycytidine. It exists as a mixture of its imino and amino tautomers in solution with a ratio of about 10:1 based on its tautomeric constant. The bicyclic nature of the heterocycle P restrains the amino substituent in an anti conformation and permits effective Watson-Crick base-pairing using either tautomer. The specificity of incorporation of dP by the 3'-5'-exonuclease-free Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I (exo-free Klenow) has been studied using the 5'-(1-thio)triphosphate dPTP alphaS in combination with phosphorothioate-specific sequencing of the DNA products. The method provides a convenient qualitative assay for studying nucleotide incorporation and reveals for the first time a potential role for the minor tautomeric forms of the natural DNA bases in base misinsertion (substitution mutagenesis) during replication.
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- Victoria H Harris
- Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S3 7HF
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Kool ET. Roles of Watson-Crick and minor groove hydrogen bonds in DNA replication. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 65:93-102. [PMID: 12760024 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2000.65.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- E T Kool
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Delaney JC, Henderson PT, Helquist SA, Morales JC, Essigmann JM, Kool ET. High-fidelity in vivo replication of DNA base shape mimics without Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:4469-73. [PMID: 12676985 PMCID: PMC153579 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0837277100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report studies testing the importance of Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding, base-pair geometry, and steric effects during DNA replication in living bacterial cells. Nonpolar DNA base shape mimics of thymine and adenine (abbreviated F and Q, respectively) were introduced into Escherichia coli by insertion into a phage genome followed by transfection of the vector into bacteria. Genetic assays showed that these two base mimics were bypassed with moderate to high efficiency in the cells and with very high efficiency under damage-response (SOS induction) conditions. Under both sets of conditions, the T-shape mimic (F) encoded genetic information in the bacteria as if it were thymine, directing incorporation of adenine opposite it with high fidelity. Similarly, the A mimic (Q) directed incorporation of thymine opposite itself with high fidelity. The data establish that Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding is not necessary for high-fidelity replication of a base pair in vivo. The results suggest that recognition of DNA base shape alone serves as the most powerful determinant of fidelity during transfer of genetic information in a living organism.
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- James C Delaney
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Harris VH, Smith CL, Jonathan Cummins W, Hamilton AL, Adams H, Dickman M, Hornby DP, Williams DM. The effect of tautomeric constant on the specificity of nucleotide incorporation during DNA replication: support for the rare tautomer hypothesis of substitution mutagenesis. J Mol Biol 2003; 326:1389-401. [PMID: 12595252 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00051-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The nucleoside analogue dP (6-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-3,4-dihydro-6H,8H-pyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-2-one) displays ambivalent hydrogen bonding characteristics whereby the imino tautomer of P can base-pair with adenine and its amino tautomer can base-pair with guanine. Fixed imino and amino tautomers of 6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-6H,8H-pyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-2-one (N-methyl P) have been synthesised and their structures obtained by X-ray crystallography. The tautomeric constant of N-methyl P has been calculated from pK(a) values of the fixed tautomers and the kinetic parameters for the incorporation of its 5'-triphosphate (dPTP) by exonuclease-free Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I have been determined. A strong correlation between the tautomeric constant and the incorporation specificity of dPTP is found. These results lend support to the proposal that the minor tautomeric forms of the natural bases may play an important role in substitution mutagenesis during DNA replication. Furthermore, they imply that DNA polymerases impose specific steric requirements on the base-pair during nucleotide incorporation.
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- Victoria H Harris
- Centre for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
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Vercoutere WA, Winters-Hilt S, DeGuzman VS, Deamer D, Ridino SE, Rodgers JT, Olsen HE, Marziali A, Akeson M. Discrimination among individual Watson-Crick base pairs at the termini of single DNA hairpin molecules. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:1311-8. [PMID: 12582251 PMCID: PMC150236 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nanoscale alpha-hemolysin pores can be used to analyze individual DNA or RNA molecules. Serial examination of hundreds to thousands of molecules per minute is possible using ionic current impedance as the measured property. In a recent report, we showed that a nanopore device coupled with machine learning algorithms could automatically discriminate among the four combinations of Watson-Crick base pairs and their orientations at the ends of individual DNA hairpin molecules. Here we use kinetic analysis to demonstrate that ionic current signatures caused by these hairpin molecules depend on the number of hydrogen bonds within the terminal base pair, stacking between the terminal base pair and its nearest neighbor, and 5' versus 3' orientation of the terminal bases independent of their nearest neighbors. This report constitutes evidence that single Watson-Crick base pairs can be identified within individual unmodified DNA hairpin molecules based on their dynamic behavior in a nanoscale pore.
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- Wenonah A Vercoutere
- Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Begley TJ, Haas BJ, Morales JC, Kool ET, Cunningham RP. Kinetics and binding of the thymine-DNA mismatch glycosylase, Mig-Mth, with mismatch-containing DNA substrates. DNA Repair (Amst) 2003; 2:107-20. [PMID: 12509271 DOI: 10.1016/s1568-7864(02)00190-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have examined the removal of thymine residues from T-G mismatches in DNA by the thymine-DNA mismatch glycosylase from Methanobacterium thermoautrophicum (Mig-Mth), within the context of the base excision repair (BER) pathway, to investigate why this glycosylase has such low activity in vitro. Using single-turnover kinetics and steady-state kinetics, we calculated the catalytic and product dissociation rate constants for Mig-Mth, and determined that Mig-Mth is inhibited by product apyrimidinic (AP) sites in DNA. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) provide evidence that the specificity of product binding is dependent upon the base opposite the AP site. The binding of Mig-Mth to DNA containing the non-cleavable substrate analogue difluorotoluene (F) was also analyzed to determine the effect of the opposite base on Mig-Mth binding specificity for substrate-like duplex DNA. The results of these experiments support the idea that opposite strand interactions play roles in determining substrate specificity. Endonuclease IV, which cleaves AP sites in the next step of the BER pathway, was used to analyze the effect of product removal on the overall rate of thymine hydrolysis by Mig-Mth. Our results support the hypothesis that endonuclease IV increases the apparent activity of Mig-Mth significantly under steady-state conditions by preventing reassociation of enzyme to product.
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- Thomas J Begley
- Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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[reaction: see text] A free porphyrin coupled on 2-deoxy-D-ribose was synthesized and incorporated into DNA via phosphoramidite chemistry. Substitution at the ends of a 5'-modified self-complementary duplex was found to be thermally and thermodynamically stabilizing. The porphyrin moiety strongly intercalates in the duplex when located near the center, and retains its fluorescence properties in DNA.
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- Hugo Morales-Rojas
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, California 94305-5080, USA
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Various physicochemical factors influence DNA replication fidelity. Since it is now known that Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds are not necessary for efficient and selective replication of a base pair by DNA polymerase enzymes, a number of alternative physical factors have been examined to explain the efficiency of these enzymes. Among these factors are minor groove hydrogen bonding, base stacking, solvation, and steric effects. We discuss the concept of active site tightness in DNA polymerases, and consider how it might influence steric (size and shape) effects of nucleotide selection in synthesis of a base pair. A high level of active site tightness is expected to lead to higher fidelity relative to proteins with looser active sites. We review the current data on what parts and dimensions of active sites are most affected by size and shape, based on data with modified nucleotides that have been examined as polymerase substrates. We also discuss recent data on nucleotide analogs displaying higher fidelity than the natural ones. The published data are discussed with a view toward testing this sterically based hypothesis and unifying existing observations into a narrowly defined range of effects.
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- Eric T Kool
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Cramer J, Strerath M, Marx A, Restle T. Exploring the effects of active site constraints on HIV-1 reverse transcriptase DNA polymerase fidelity. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:43593-8. [PMID: 12200452 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m207854200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To examine the concept of polymerase active site tightness as a criteria for DNA polymerase fidelity, we performed pre-steady-state single nucleotide incorporation kinetic analyses with sugar modified thymidine 5'-triphosphate (TTP) analogues and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT). The employed TTP analogues (T(R)TP) are modified at the 4'-position of the sugar moiety with alkyl groups, gradually expanding their steric demand. Introduction of a methyl group reduces the maximum rate of nucleotide incorporation by about 200-fold for RT(WT) and about 400-fold for RT(M184V). Interestingly, the affinity of RT for the modified nucleotide is only marginally affected. Increasing the size to an ethyl group leads to further reduction of the rate of incorporation and first effects on binding affinities are observed. Finally, substitution for an isopropyl group results not only in a further reduction of incorporation rates but also in a dramatic loss of binding affinity for the nucleotide analogue. By increasing the steric demand the effects on RT(M184V) in comparison with RT(WT) become progressively more pronounced. Misincorporation of either TTP or T(Me)TP opposite a template G causes additional decline in incorporation rates accompanied by a drastic decrease in binding affinities. This results in relative incorporation efficiencies [(k(pol)/K(d))(incorrect)/(k(pol)/K(d))(TTPcorrect)] of 4.1 x 10(-5) for TTP and 3.4 x 10(-6) for T(Me)TP in case of RT(WT) and 1.4 x 10(-5) for TTP and 2.9 x 10(-8) for T(Me)TP in case of RT(M184V).
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- Janina Cramer
- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse 1, Germany
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Bebenek A, Carver GT, Dressman HK, Kadyrov FA, Haseman JK, Petrov V, Konigsberg WH, Karam JD, Drake JW. Dissecting the fidelity of bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase: site-specific modulation of fidelity by polymerase accessory proteins. Genetics 2002; 162:1003-18. [PMID: 12454051 PMCID: PMC1462346 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/162.3.1003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage RB69 encodes a replicative B-family DNA polymerase (RB69 gp43) with an associated proofreading 3' exonuclease. Crystal structures have been determined for this enzyme with and without DNA substrates. We previously described the mutation rates and kinds of mutations produced in vivo by the wild-type (Pol(+) Exo(+)) enzyme, an exonuclease-deficient mutator variant (Pol(+) Exo(-)), mutator variants with substitutions at Tyr(567) in the polymerase active site (Pol(M) Exo(+)), and the double mutator Pol(M) Exo(-). Comparing the mutational spectra of the Pol(+) Exo(-) and Pol(+) Exo(+) enzymes revealed the patterns and efficiencies of proofreading, while Tyr(567) was identified as an important determinant of base-selection fidelity. Here, we sought to determine how well the fidelities of the same enzymes are reflected in vitro. Compared to their behavior in vivo, the three mutator polymerases exhibited modestly higher mutation rates in vitro and their mutational predilections were also somewhat different. Although the RB69 gp43 accessory proteins exerted little or no effect on total mutation rates in vitro, they strongly affected mutation rates at many specific sites, increasing some rates and decreasing others.
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- Anna Bebenek
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233, USA
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DNA is not only a carrier of genetic information, but it is also a versatile supramolecular scaffold, arranging smaller organic structures into predesigned geometries. Herein are discussed molecular strategies in which the natural DNA bases on the sugar-phosphate backbone are replaced by other molecules. Some of the base replacements under study include fluorophores, ligands for metals, helix stabilizers, and DNA base shape mimics.
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- Eric T Kool
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Oligonucleotides containing a nucleotide analog with an ethynylfluorobenzene as nucleobase surrogate. Tetrahedron Lett 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)02153-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fidalgo da Silva E, Mandal SS, Reha-Krantz LJ. Using 2-aminopurine fluorescence to measure incorporation of incorrect nucleotides by wild type and mutant bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerases. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:40640-9. [PMID: 12189135 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203315200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ability of wild type and mutant T4 DNA polymerases to discriminate in the utilization of the base analog 2-aminopurine (2AP) and the fluorescence of 2AP were used to determine how DNA polymerases distinguish between correct and incorrect nucleotides. Because T4 DNA polymerase incorporates dTMP opposite 2AP under single-turnover conditions, it was possible to compare directly the kinetic parameters for incorporation of dTMP opposite template 2AP to the parameters for incorporation of dTMP opposite template A without the complication of enzyme dissociation. The most significant difference detected was in the K(d) for dTTP, which was 10-fold higher for incorporation of dTMP opposite template 2AP (approximately 367 microm) than for incorporation of dTMP opposite template A (approximately 31 microm). In contrast, the dTMP incorporation rate was reduced only about 2-fold from about 318 s(-1) with template A to about 165 s(-1) for template 2AP. Discrimination is due to the high selectivity in the initial nucleotide-binding step. T4 DNA polymerase binding to DNA with 2AP in the template position induces formation of a nucleotide binding pocket that is preshaped to bind dTTP and to exclude other nucleotides. If nucleotide binding is hindered, initiation of the proofreading pathway acts as an error avoidance mechanism to prevent incorporation of incorrect nucleotides.
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Perlow RA, Broyde S. Toward understanding the mutagenicity of an environmental carcinogen: structural insights into nucleotide incorporation preferences. J Mol Biol 2002; 322:291-309. [PMID: 12217692 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00751-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Bulky carcinogen-DNA adducts, including (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG derived from the reaction of (+)-anti-benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide with guanine, often block the progression of DNA polymerases. However, when rare bypass of the lesions does occur, they may be misreplicated. Experimental results have shown that nucleotides are inserted opposite the (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG adduct by bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase with the order of preference A>T>or=G>C. To gain structural insights into the effects of the bulky adduct on nucleotide incorporation within the polymerase active site, molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations were carried out using T7 DNA polymerase to permit the relation of function to structure. We modeled the (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG adduct opposite incoming dGTP, dTTP and dCTP nucleotides, as well as unmodified guanine opposite its normal partner dCTP as a control, to compare with our previous simulation with dATP opposite the adduct. The modeling required that the (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG adduct adopt the syn conformation in each case to avoid deranging essential protein-DNA interactions. While the dATP: (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG pair was well accommodated within the active site of T7 DNA polymerase, dCTP fit poorly opposite the adduct, adopting an orientation perpendicular to the plane of the syn modified guanine during the simulation. Rotation about the glycosidic bond of the dCTP residue to this abnormal position was allowed because only one hydrogen bond between dCTP and the (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG residue evolved during the simulation, and this hydrogen bond was directly across from the dCTP glycosidic bond. The dTTP and dGTP nucleotides, incorporated with an intermediate preference opposite (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG, were accommodated reasonably well, but not as stably as the dATP nucleotide, due to a skewed primer-template alignment and more exposed BP moiety, respectively. In addition, the extent of stabilizing interactions between the nascent base-pair in each simulation was correlated positively with the incorporation preference of that particular nucleotide. The dATP nucleotide is accommodated most stably opposite the adduct, with protein-DNA hydrogen bonding interactions and an active-site pocket size that do not deviate significantly from those of the control simulation. The simulations of dTTP and dGTP opposite (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG exhibited more instability in interactions between the protein and the nascent base-pair than the dATP system. However, the active-site pocket size of the dTTP and dGTP simulations remained stable. The dCTP: (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG system had the least number of stabilizing interactions, and the active-site pocket of this system increased in size significantly compared to the control and other dNTPs opposite the adduct. These simulations elucidated why A is inserted opposite (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG most frequently, while T and G are inserted opposite the adduct to an extent intermediate between A and C, and C is most rarely incorporated. Structural rationalization of the incorporation preference opposite (+)-trans-anti-[BP]-N(2)-dG by T7 DNA polymerase contributes to providing a molecular explanation for mutations caused by this carcinogen-DNA adduct in a model system.
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- Rebecca A Perlow
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Brotschi C, Häberli A, Leumann CJ. A stable DNA duplex containing a non-hydrogen-bonding and non-shape-complementary base couple: interstrand stacking as the stability determining factor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2002; 40:3012-4. [PMID: 12203632 DOI: 10.1002/1521-3773(20010817)40:16<3012::aid-anie3012>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2001] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The stabilizing effect of a dG:dC base-pair can also be imparted to a DNA duplex by a non-hydrogen-bonding, non-shape-complementary nucleoside analogue when interstrand stacking interactions come into play. This is the case, for example, with dBP, which has a bipyridyl (BP) residue as a nucleobase surrogate (the picture shows a dBP:dBP pair).
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- C Brotschi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 31-631-3422
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O'Neill BM, Ratto JE, Good KL, Tahmassebi DC, Helquist SA, Morales JC, Kool ET. A highly effective nonpolar isostere of deoxyguanosine: synthesis, structure, stacking, and base pairing. J Org Chem 2002; 67:5869-75. [PMID: 12182615 DOI: 10.1021/jo025884e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We describe the preparation and structure of the deoxyribonucleoside of 4-fluoro-6-methylbenzimidazole, abbreviated dH (8), which acts as a close shape mimic of the nucleoside deoxyguanosine. The nucleoside is prepared from 2-fluoro-4-methylaniline in seven steps. The X-ray crystal structure reveals a (-sc) glycosidic orientation, an S conformation for the deoxyribose moiety, and quite close shape mimicry of guanine by the substituted benzimidazole. Conformational studies by (1)H NMR and (1)H-(1)H ROESY experiments reveal an S-type conformation and an anti glycosidic orientation in solution (D(2)O), essentially the same as that of deoxyguanosine. Base-stacking studies in a "dangling end" context reveal that the benzimidazole base mimic stacks more strongly than all four natural bases, and more strongly than its counterpart guanine by 1.1 kcal/mol. Base-pairing studies in a 12mer DNA duplex show that, like other nonpolar nucleoside isosteres, H is destabilizing and nonselective when paired opposite natural bases. However, when paired opposite another nonpolar isostere, difluorotoluene (F), a mimic of thymine, the pair exhibits stability approaching that of its natural analogue, a G-T (wobble) base pair. The nucleoside analogue dH will be useful in studies of protein-DNA interactions, and the H-F base pair will serve as a structurally and thermodynamically close mimic of G-T in studies of DNA mismatch repair enzymes.
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- Bryan M O'Neill
- Department of Chemistry, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, California 92110, USA
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Khalili P, Naimi E, Knaus EE, Wiebe LI. Pharmacokinetics and metabolism of the novel synthetic C-nucleoside, 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-iodobenzene: a potential mimic of 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2002; 23:105-13. [PMID: 12173545 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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1-(2-Deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-iodobenzene (5-IDFPdR) is one of the several unnatural 1-(2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5-substituted-benzenes recently synthesized for evaluation as anticancer, antiviral and diagnostic imaging agents. This class of C-nucleosides was designed to exploit several potential advantages relative to classical 5-substituted-2'-deoxyuridines, including stability towards phosphorolysis by pyrimidine phosphorylase, increased lipophilicity that may alter their ability to cross the blood-brain-barrier, and a greater resistance towards catabolism and deiodination. The physiochemical evaluation of 5-IDFPdR showed high lipophilicity (log P = 2.8), moderately high protein binding (70-75%), stability towards phosphorolysis (e.g. no evidence of metabolic deglycosylation) by thymidine phosphorylase, and minimal microsomal metabolism in vitro. Pharmacokinetic studies of 5-IDFPdR in rat were characterized by a short elimination half-life (9-12 min), modest urinary elimination in pooled 0-24 h urine specimens (10-14%, including 2% as unconjugated drug) and high oral bioavailability (F = 0.96). Both glucuronide and sulfate metabolites were present in urine. Glucuronidation was the predominant conjugation pathway.
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- Panteha Khalili
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Rodnina MV, Wintermeyer W. Fidelity of aminoacyl-tRNA selection on the ribosome: kinetic and structural mechanisms. Annu Rev Biochem 2002; 70:415-35. [PMID: 11395413 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.70.1.415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The ribosome discriminates between correct and incorrect aminoacyl-tRNAs (aa-tRNAs), or their complexes with elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and GTP, according to the match between anticodon and mRNA codon in the A site. Selection takes place at two stages, prior to GTP hydrolysis (initial selection) and after GTP hydrolysis but before peptide bond formation (proofreading). In part, discrimination results from different rejection rates that are due to different stabilities of the respective codon-anticodon complexes. An important additional contribution is provided by induced fit, in that only correct codon recognition leads to acceleration of rate-limiting rearrangements that precede chemical steps. Recent elucidation of ribosome structures and mutational analyses suggest which residues of the decoding center may be involved in signaling formation of the correct codon-anticodon duplex to the functional centers of the ribosome. In utilizing induced fit for substrate discrimination, the ribosome resembles other nucleic acid-programmed polymerases.
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- M V Rodnina
- Institute of Physical Biochemistry, University of Witten/Herdecke, 58448 Witten, Germany.
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Kamiya H, Murata-Kamiya N, Karino N, Ueno Y, Matsuda A, Kasai H. Induction of T --> G and T --> A transversions by 5-formyluracil in mammalian cells. Mutat Res 2002; 513:213-22. [PMID: 11719107 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(01)00312-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Oxidatively damaged thymine, 5-formyluracil (5-fU), was incorporated into a predetermined site of double-stranded shuttle vectors. The nucleotide sequences in which the modified base was incorporated were 5'-CFTAAG-3' and 5'-CTFAAG-3' (F represents 5-fU), the recognition site for the restriction enzyme AflII (5'-CTTAAG-3'). The 5-fU was incorporated into a template strand of either the leading or lagging strand of DNA replication. The modified DNAs were transfected into simian COS-7 cells, and the DNAs replicated in the cells were recovered and were analyzed after the second transfection into Escherichia coli. The 5-fU did not block DNA replication in mammalian cells. The 5-fU residues were weakly mutagenic, and their mutation frequencies in double-stranded vectors were 0.01-0.04%. The T --> G and T --> A transversions were the mutations found most frequently, suggesting the formation of 5-fU.C and 5-fU.T base pairs, respectively. This is the first report that clearly shows the induction of transversion mutations by an oxidized pyrimidine base in DNA in mammalian cells.
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- Hiroyuki Kamiya
- Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
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Schofield MJ, Brownewell FE, Nayak S, Du C, Kool ET, Hsieh P. The Phe-X-Glu DNA binding motif of MutS. The role of hydrogen bonding in mismatch recognition. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:45505-8. [PMID: 11602569 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c100449200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The crystal structures of MutS protein from Thermus aquaticus and Escherichia coli in a complex with a mismatch-containing DNA duplex reveal that the Glu residue in a conserved Phe-X-Glu motif participates in a hydrogen-bonded contact with either an unpaired thymidine or the thymidine of a G-T base-base mismatch. Here, the role of hydrogen bonding in mismatch recognition by MutS is assessed. The relative affinities of MutS for DNA duplexes containing nonpolar shape mimics of A and T, 4-methylbenzimidazole (Z), and difluorotoluene (F), respectively, that lack hydrogen bonding donors and acceptors, are determined in gel mobility shift assays. The results provide support for an induced fit mode of mismatch binding in which duplexes destabilized by mismatches are preferred substrates for kinking by MutS. Hydrogen bonding between the O epsilon 2 group of Glu and the mismatched base contributes only marginally to mismatch recognition and is significantly less important than the aromatic ring stack with the conserved Phe residue. A MutS protein in which Ala is substituted for Glu(38) is shown to be defective for mismatch repair in vivo. DNA binding studies reveal a novel role for the conserved Glu residue in the establishment of mismatch discrimination by MutS.
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- M J Schofield
- Genetics & Biochemistry Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Li Y, Waksman G. Crystal structures of a ddATP-, ddTTP-, ddCTP, and ddGTP- trapped ternary complex of Klentaq1: insights into nucleotide incorporation and selectivity. Protein Sci 2001; 10:1225-33. [PMID: 11369861 PMCID: PMC2374014 DOI: 10.1110/ps.250101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The mechanism by which DNA polymerase I enzymes function has been the subject of extensive biochemical and structural studies. We previously determined the structure of a ternary complex of the large fragment of DNA polymerase I from Thermus aquaticus (Klentaq1) bound to a primer/template DNA and a dideoxycytidine 5'-triphosphate (ddCTP). In this report, we present the details of the 2.3-A resolution crystal structures of three additional ternary complexes of Klentaq1 bound to a primer/template DNA and a dideoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate (ddGTP), a dideoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate (ddTTP), or a dideoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate (ddATP). Comparison of the active site of the four ternary complexes reveals that the protein residues around the nascent base pair (that formed between the incoming dideoxynucleoside triphosphate [ddNTP] and the template base) form a snug binding pocket into which only a correct Watson-Crick base pair can fit. Except in the ternary complex bound to dideoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate, there are no sequence specific contacts between the protein side chains and the nascent base pair, suggesting that steric constraints imposed by the protein onto the nascent base pair is the major contributor to nucleotide selectivity at the polymerase active site. The protein around the polymerase active site also shows plasticity, which may be responsible for the substrate diversity of the enzyme. Two conserved side chains, Q754 and R573, form hydrogen bonds with the N3 atom in the purine base and O2 atom in the pyrimidine base at the minor groove side of the base pair formed by the incorporated ddNMP and the corresponding template base in all the four ternary complexes. These hydrogen-bonding interactions may provide a means of detecting misincorporation at this position.
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- Y Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Brotschi C, Häberli A, Leumann CJ. Ein stabiler DNA-Duplex mit einem nichtwasserstoffverbrückenden, nichtformkomplementären Basenpaar: Interstrang-Stapelwechselwirkungen als stabilitätsbestimmender Faktor. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1521-3757(20010817)113:16<3101::aid-ange3101>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kawakami J, Kamiya H, Yasuda K, Fujiki H, Kasai H, Sugimoto N. Thermodynamic stability of base pairs between 2-hydroxyadenine and incoming nucleotides as a determinant of nucleotide incorporation specificity during replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:3289-96. [PMID: 11504865 PMCID: PMC55858 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.16.3289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We investigated the thermodynamic stability of double-stranded DNAs with an oxidative DNA lesion, 2-hydroxyadenine (2-OH-Ade), in two different sequence contexts (5'-GA*C-3' and 5'-TA*A-3', A* represents 2-OH-Ade). When an A*-N pair (N, any nucleotide base) was located in the center of a duplex, the thermodynamic stabilities of the duplexes were similar for all the natural bases except A (N = T, C and G). On the other hand, for the duplexes with the A*-N pair at the end, which mimic the nucleotide incorporation step, the stabilities of the duplexes were dependent on their sequence. The order of stability is T > G > C >> A in the 5'-GA*C-3' sequences and T > A > C > G in the 5'-TA*A-3' sequences. Because T/G/C and T/A are nucleotides incorporated opposite to 2-OH-Ade in the 5'-GA*C-3' and 5'-TA*A-3' sequences, respectively, these results agree with the tendency of mutagenic misincorporation of the nucleotides opposite to 2-OH-Ade in vitro. Thus, the thermodynamic stability of the A*-N base pair may be an important factor for the mutation spectra of 2-OH-Ade.
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- J Kawakami
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japan
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Bergstrom DE. Unnatural Nucleosides with Unusual Base Pairing Properties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; Chapter 1:Unit 1.4. [PMID: 18428819 DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc0104s05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kool ET. Hydrogen bonding, base stacking, and steric effects in dna replication. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 2001; 30:1-22. [PMID: 11340050 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.30.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Understanding the mechanisms by which genetic information is replicated is important both to basic knowledge of biological organisms and to many useful applications in biomedical research and biotechnology. One of the main functions of a DNA polymerase enzyme is to help DNA recognize itself with high specificity when a strand is being copied. Recent studies have shed new light on the question of what physical forces cause a polymerase enzyme to insert a nucleotide into a strand of DNA and to choose the correct nucleotide over the incorrect ones. This is discussed in the light of three main forces that govern DNA recognition: base stacking, Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding, and steric interactions. These factors are studied with natural and structurally altered DNA nucleosides.
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- E T Kool
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Sherer EC, Bono SJ, Shields GC. Further Quantum Mechanical Evidence that Difluorotoluene Does Not Hydrogen Bond. J Phys Chem B 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp010197x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Edward C. Sherer
- Department of Chemistry, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, New York 13323, and Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Chemistry, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, New York 13323, and Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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- Department of Chemistry, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, New York 13323, and Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
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Perlow RA, Broyde S. Evading the proofreading machinery of a replicative DNA polymerase: induction of a mutation by an environmental carcinogen. J Mol Biol 2001; 309:519-36. [PMID: 11371169 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA replication fidelity is dictated by DNA polymerase enzymes and associated proteins. When the template DNA is damaged by a carcinogen, the fidelity of DNA replication is sometimes compromized, allowing mispaired bases to persist and be incorporated into the DNA, resulting in a mutation. A key question in chemical carcinogenesis by metabolically activated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is the nature of the interactions between the carcinogen-damaged DNA and the replicating polymerase protein that permits the mutagenic misincorporation to occur. PAHs are environmental carcinogens that, upon metabolic activation, can react with DNA to form bulky covalently linked combination molecules known as carcinogen-DNA adducts. Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) is a common PAH found in a wide range of material ingested by humans, including cigarette smoke, car exhaust, broiled meats and fish, and as a contaminant in other foods. BP is metabolically activated into several highly reactive intermediates, including the highly tumorigenic (+)-anti-benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE). The primary product of the reaction of (+)-anti-BPDE with DNA, the (+)-trans-anti-benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-N(2)-dG ((+)-ta-[BP]G) adduct, is the most mutagenic BP adduct in mammalian systems and primarily causes G-to-T transversion mutations, resulting from the mismatch of adenine with BP-damaged guanine during replication. In order to elucidate the structural characteristics and interactions between the DNA polymerase and carcinogen-damaged DNA that allow a misincorporation opposite a DNA lesion, we have modeled a (+)-ta-[BP]G adduct at a primer-template junction within the replicative phage T7 DNA polymerase containing an incoming dATP, the nucleotide most commonly mismatched with the (+)-ta-[BP]G adduct during replication. A one nanosecond molecular dynamics simulation, using AMBER 5.0, has been carried out, and the resultant trajectory analyzed. The modeling and simulation have revealed that a (+)-ta-[BP]G:A mismatch can be accommodated stably in the active site so that the fidelity mechanisms of the polymerase are evaded and the polymerase accepts the incoming mutagenic base. In this structure, the modified guanine base is in the syn conformation, with the BP moiety positioned in the major groove, without interfering with the normal protein-DNA interactions required for faithful polymerase function. This structure is stabilized by a hydrogen bond between the modified guanine base and dATP partner, hydrophobic interactions between the BP moiety and the polymerase, a hydrogen bond between the modified guanine base and the polymerase, and several hydrogen bonds between the BP moiety and polymerase side-chains. Moreover, the G:A mismatch in this system closely resembles the size and shape of a normal Watson-Crick pair. These features reveal how the polymerase proofreading machinery may be evaded in the presence of a mutagenic carcinogen-damaged DNA, so that a mismatch can be accommodated readily, allowing bypass of the adduct by the replicative T7 DNA polymerase.
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MESH Headings
- 7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide/metabolism
- 7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide/pharmacology
- Bacteriophage T7/enzymology
- Base Pair Mismatch/genetics
- Base Pairing
- Benzo(a)pyrene/metabolism
- Benzo(a)pyrene/pharmacology
- Binding Sites
- Carcinogens, Environmental/metabolism
- Carcinogens, Environmental/pharmacology
- Computer Simulation
- DNA Adducts/chemistry
- DNA Adducts/drug effects
- DNA Adducts/genetics
- DNA Adducts/metabolism
- DNA Damage/drug effects
- DNA Damage/genetics
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA Replication/genetics
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/chemistry
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
- Deoxyadenine Nucleotides/metabolism
- Genes, p53/genetics
- Guanine/chemistry
- Guanine/metabolism
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Magnesium/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis/drug effects
- Protein Conformation
- Software
- Stereoisomerism
- Templates, Genetic
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- R A Perlow
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East Room 1009M, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Cubero E, Güimil-García R, Luque FJ, Eritja R, Orozco M. The effect of amino groups on the stability of DNA duplexes and triplexes based on purines derived from inosine. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:2522-34. [PMID: 11410660 PMCID: PMC55742 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.12.2522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The effect of amino groups attached at positions 2 and 8 of the hypoxanthine moiety in the structure, reactivity and stability of DNA duplexes and triplexes is studied by means of quantum mechanical calculations, as well as extended molecular dynamics (MD) and thermodynamic integration (MD/TI) simulations. Theoretical estimates of the change in stability related to 2'-deoxyguanosine (G) --> 2'-deoxyinosine (I) --> 8-amino-2'-deoxyinosine (8AI) mutations have been experimentally verified, after synthesis of the corresponding compounds. An amino group placed at position 2 stabilizes the duplex, as expected, and surprisingly also the triplex. The presence of an amino group at position 8 of the hypoxanthine moiety stabilizes the triplex but, surprisingly, destabilizes the duplex. The subtle electronic redistribution occurring upon the introduction of an amino group on the purine seems to be responsible for this surprising behavior. Interesting 'universal base' properties are found for 8AI.
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- E Cubero
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franques 1, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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Ohtsuki T, Kimoto M, Ishikawa M, Mitsui T, Hirao I, Yokoyama S. Unnatural base pairs for specific transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:4922-5. [PMID: 11320242 PMCID: PMC33139 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091532698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An unnatural base pair of 2-amino-6-(N,N-dimethylamino)purine (designated as x) and pyridin-2-one (designated as y) has been developed for specific transcription. The ribonucleoside triphosphates of y and a modified y, 5-methylpyridin-2-one, are selectively incorporated into RNA opposite x in the templates by T7 RNA polymerase. In addition, the sequences of the DNA templates containing x can be confirmed by a dideoxynucleotide chain-terminator method supplemented with the deoxynucleoside triphosphate of y. The bulky dimethylamino group of x in the templates effectively eliminates noncognate pairing with the natural bases. These results enable RNA biosynthesis for the specific incorporation of unnatural nucleotides at the desired positions.
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- T Ohtsuki
- Genomic Sciences Center, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Bebenek A, Dressman HK, Carver GT, Ng S, Petrov V, Yang G, Konigsberg WH, Karam JD, Drake JW. Interacting fidelity defects in the replicative DNA polymerase of bacteriophage RB69. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:10387-97. [PMID: 11133987 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007707200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The DNA polymerases (gp43s) of the related bacteriophages T4 and RB69 are B family (polymerase alpha class) enzymes that determine the fidelity of phage DNA replication. A T4 whose gene 43 has been mutationally inactivated can be replicated by a cognate RB69 gp43 encoded by a recombinant plasmid in T4-infected Escherichia coli. We used this phage-plasmid complementation assay to obtain rapid and sensitive measurements of the mutational specificities of mutator derivatives of the RB69 enzyme. RB69 gp43s lacking proofreading function (Exo(-) enzymes) and/or substituted with alanine, serine, or threonine at the conserved polymerase function residue Tyr(567) (Pol(Y567(A/S/T)) enzymes) were examined for their effects on the reversion of specific mutations in the T4 rII gene and on forward mutation in the T4 rI gene. The results reveal that Tyr(567) is a key determinant of the fidelity of base selection and that the Pol and Exo functions are strongly coupled in this B family enzyme. In vitro assays show that the Pol(Y567A) Exo(-) enzyme generates mispairs more frequently but extends them less efficiently than does a Pol(+) Exo(-) enzyme. Other replicative DNA polymerases may control fidelity by strategies similar to those used by RB69 gp43.
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- A Bebenek
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2233, USA
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Pirrung MC, Zhao X, Harris SV. A universal, photocleavable DNA base: nitropiperonyl 2'-deoxyriboside. J Org Chem 2001; 66:2067-71. [PMID: 11300902 DOI: 10.1021/jo001594r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A universal, photochemically cleavable DNA base analogue would add desirable versatility to a number of methods in molecular biology. A novel C-nucleoside, nitropiperonyl deoxyriboside (NPdR, P), has been investigated for this purpose. NPdR can be converted to its 5'-DMTr-3'-CE-phosphoramidite and was incorporated into pentacosanucleotides by conventional synthesis techniques. The destabilizing effect on hybrid formation with a complementary strand when this P base opposes A, T, and G was found to be 3-5 kcal/mol, but 9 kcal/mol when it opposes C. Brief irradiation (lambda > 360 nm, 20 min) of DNA containing the P base and piperidine treatment causes strand cleavage giving the 3'- and 5'-phosphates. Two significant recent interests, universal/non-hydrogen-bonding base analogues and photochemical backbone cleavage, have thus been combined in a single molecule that serves as a light-based DNA scissors.
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- M C Pirrung
- Department of Chemistry, Levine Science Research Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0317, USA.
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