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Norris CL, Meisenheimer KM, Koch TH. Mechanistic Studies Relevant to Bromouridine-Enhanced Nucleoprotein Photocrosslinking: Possible Involvement of an Excited Tyrosine Residue of the Protein. Photochem Photobiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08546.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Thayer JR, Barreto V, Rao S, Pohl C. Control of oligonucleotide retention on a pH-stabilized strong anion exchange column. Anal Biochem 2005; 338:39-47. [PMID: 15707934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Strong anion exchange columns are preferred for oligonucleotide analyses due to their ability to effectively control secondary structure and poly(G) interactions. Methacrylate-based anion exchange phases minimize hydrophobic interactions with oligonucleotides, but they also tend to hydrolyze under alkaline conditions. In this article, we report the use of an anion exchange column prepared from a new class of methacrylate monomers designed to improve hydrolytic stability. This column is used to show predictable adjustment of oligonucleotide retention by eluent pH and composition. Features of the new column include (i) large, predictable, pH-dependent retention shifts (varying with specific changes in 5' or 3' terminal bases with NaCl-based eluents); (ii) reduced retention when solvent is added to NaCl-based eluents; and (iii) suppression of much of the column's hydrophobic interactions when CH3CN is used with NaClO4-based eluents at a neutral pH (i.e., this eluent system separates oligonucleotides primarily in order of their length). These observations will aid the development of elution conditions for both size-dependent and base sequence-dependent (or base composition-dependent) separations.
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- J R Thayer
- Dionex Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.
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Pingoud V, Geyer H, Geyer R, Kubareva E, Bujnicki JM, Pingoud A. Identification of base-specific contacts in protein-DNA complexes by photocrosslinking and mass spectrometry: a case study using the restriction endonuclease SsoII. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2005; 1:135-41. [PMID: 16880975 DOI: 10.1039/b503091a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Specific protein-nucleic acid interactions are of paramount importance for the propagation, maintenance and expression of genetic information. Restriction endonucleases serve as model systems to study the mechanisms of DNA recognition by proteins. SsoII is a Type II restriction endonuclease that recognizes the double stranded sequence downward arrow CCNGG and cleaves it in the presence of Mg(2+)-ions, as indicated. SsoII shows sequence similarity over a stretch of approximately 70 amino acid residues with several other restriction endonucleases that recognize a similar sequence as SsoII (Cfr10I, EcoRII, NgoMIV, PspGI). In NgoMIV this stretch is involved in DNA recognition and cleavage, as shown by the crystal structure analysis of an enzyme-product complex. To find out whether the presumptive DNA recognition region in SsoII is indeed in contact with DNA we have photocrosslinked SsoII with an oligodeoxyribonucleotide in which the first guanine of the recognition sequence was replaced by 5-iodouracil. Following digestion by trypsin, the peptide-oligodeoxyribonucleotide conjugate was purified by Fe(3+)-IMAC and then incubated with hydrogen fluoride, which hydrolyzes the oligodeoxyribonucleotide to yield the peptide-deoxyuridine conjugate. The site of photocrosslinking was identified by MALDI-TOF-MS and MALDI-TOF-MS/MS to be Trp189, adjacent to Arg188, which aligns with Arg194 in NgoMIV, involved in recognition of the second guanine in the NgoMIV recognition sequence G downward arrow CCGGC. This result confirms previously published conclusions drawn on the basis of a mutational analysis of SsoII. The methodology that was employed here can be used in principle to identify the DNA binding site of any protein.
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- Vera Pingoud
- Institut für Biochemie (FB 08), Justus-Liebig-Universität, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, D-35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Steen H, Petersen J, Mann M, Jensen ON. Mass spectrometric analysis of a UV-cross-linked protein-DNA complex: tryptophans 54 and 88 of E. coli SSB cross-link to DNA. Protein Sci 2001; 10:1989-2001. [PMID: 11567090 PMCID: PMC2374209 DOI: 10.1110/ps.07601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Protein-nucleic acid complexes are commonly studied by photochemical cross-linking. UV-induced cross-linking of protein to nucleic acid may be followed by structural analysis of the conjugated protein to localize the cross-linked amino acids and thereby identify the nucleic acid binding site. Mass spectrometry is becoming increasingly popular for characterization of purified peptide-nucleic acid heteroconjugates derived from UV cross-linked protein-nucleic acid complexes. The efficiency of mass spectrometry-based methods is, however, hampered by the contrasting physico-chemical properties of nucleic acid and peptide entities present in such heteroconjugates. Sample preparation of the peptide-nucleic acid heteroconjugates is, therefore, a crucial step in any mass spectrometry-based analytical procedure. This study demonstrates the performance of four different MS-based strategies to characterize E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) that was UV-cross-linked to a 5-iodouracil containing DNA oligomer. Two methods were optimized to circumvent the need for standard liquid chromatography and gel electrophoresis, thereby dramatically increasing the overall sensitivity of the analysis. Enzymatic degradation of protein and oligonucleotide was combined with miniaturized sample preparation methods for enrichment and desalting of cross-linked peptide-nucleic acid heteroconjugates from complex mixtures prior to mass spectrometric analysis. Detailed characterization of the peptidic component of two different peptide-DNA heteroconjugates was accomplished by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and allowed assignment of tryptophan-54 and tryptophan-88 as candidate cross-linked residues. Sequencing of those peptide-DNA heteroconjugates by nanoelectrospray quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry identified tryptophan-54 and tryptophan-88 as the sites of cross-linking. Although the UV-cross-linking yield of the protein-DNA complex did not exceed 15%, less than 100 pmole of SSB protein was required for detailed structural analysis by mass spectrometry.
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- H Steen
- Center for Experimental BioInformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark/Odense University, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Golden MC, Resing KA, Collins BD, Willis MC, Koch TH. Mass spectral characterization of a protein-nucleic acid photocrosslink. Protein Sci 1999; 8:2806-12. [PMID: 10631998 PMCID: PMC2144224 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.12.2806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A photocrosslink between basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF155) and a high affinity ssDNA oligonucleotide was characterized by positive ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS). The DNA was a 61-mer oligonucleotide photoaptamer bearing seven bromodeoxyuridines, identified by in vitro selection. Specific photocrosslinking of the protein to the oligonucleotide was achieved by 308 nm XeCl excimer laser excitation. The cross-linked protein nucleic acid complex was proteolyzed with trypsin. The resulting peptide crosslink was purified by PAGE, eluted, and digested by snake venom phosphodiesterase/alkaline phosphatase. Comparison of the oligonucleotide vs. the degraded peptide crosslink by high performance liquid chromatography coupled to an electrospray ionization triple quadrupole mass spectrometer showed a single ion unique to the crosslinked material. Sequencing by collision induced dissociation (MS/MS) on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer revealed that this ion was the nonapeptide TGQYKLGSK (residues 130-138) crosslinked to a dinucleotide at Tyr133. The MS/MS spectrum indicated sequential fragmentation of the oligonucleotide to uracil covalently attached to the nonapeptide followed by fragmentation of the peptide bonds. Tyr133 is located within the heparin binding pocket, suggesting that the in vitro selection targeted this negative ion binding region of bFGF155.
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- M C Golden
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309-0215, USA
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Wong DL, Pavlovich JG, Reich NO. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometric characterization of photocrosslinked DNA-EcoRI DNA methyltransferase complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:645-9. [PMID: 9421528 PMCID: PMC147290 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.2.645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We describe a novel strategy combining photocrosslinking and HPLC-based electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to identify UV crosslinked DNA-protein complexes. Eco RI DNA methyltransferase modifies the second adenine within the recognition sequence GAATTC. Substitution of 5-iodouracil for the thymine adjacent to the target base (GAATTC) does not detectably alter the DNA-protein complex. Irradiation of the 5-iodouracil-substituted DNA-protein complex at various wavelengths was optimized, with a crosslinking yield >60% at 313 nm after 1 min. No protein degradation was observed under these conditions. The crosslinked DNA-protein complex was further analyzed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The total mass is consistent with irradiation-dependent covalent bond formation between one strand of DNA and the protein. These preliminary results support the possibility of identifying picomole quantities of crosslinked peptides by similar strategies.
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- D L Wong
- Department of Chemistry and Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Matthews KS, Nichols JC. Lactose repressor protein: functional properties and structure. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1997; 58:127-64. [PMID: 9308365 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60035-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The lactose repressor protein (LacI), the prototype for genetic regulatory proteins, controls expression of lactose metabolic genes by binding to its cognate operator sequences in E. coli DNA. Inducer binding elicits a conformational change that diminishes affinity for operator sequences with no effect on nonspecific binding. The release of operator is followed by synthesis of mRNA encoding the enzymes for lactose utilization. Genetic, chemical and physical studies provided detailed insight into the function of this protein prior to the recent completion of X-ray crystallographic structures. The structural information can now be correlated with the phenotypic data for numerous mutants. These structures also provide the opportunity for physical and chemical studies on mutants designed to examine various aspects of lac repressor structure and function. In addition to providing insight into protein structure-function correlations, LacI has been utilized in a wide variety of applications both in prokaryotic gene expression and in eukaryotic gene regulation and studies of mutagenesis.
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- K S Matthews
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA
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Goytisolo FA, Packman LC, Thomas JO. Photoaffinity labelling of a DNA-binding site on the globular domain of histone H5. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 242:619-26. [PMID: 9022689 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0619r.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have labelled a DNA-binding site on the globular domain of histone H5 (GH5) by ultraviolet-activated cross-linking of a self-complementary 5-bromodeoxyuridine (5BrU)-substituted oligonucleotide with the sequence 5'-AGCGA5BrUATCGCT-3'. Cross-linking was to His62, mainly to the protein backbone. This observation provides further support for the mode of binding of GH5 to DNA proposed on the basis of the similarity between the X-ray crystal structure of GH5 and the DNA-bound structures of catabolite activator protein and hepatic nuclear factor 3 gamma [Ramakrishnan, V. (1994) Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 4. 44-50].
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- F A Goytisolo
- Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition, University of Cambridge, UK
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Affiliation(s)
- S Miyamoto
- Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Salk Institute, San Diego, California 92186, USA
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Capson TL, Benkovic SJ, Nossal NG. Photochemical cross-linking of DNA replication proteins at primer terminus. Methods Enzymol 1995; 262:449-56. [PMID: 8594369 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(95)62036-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- T L Capson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
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Liu J, Fan QR, Sodeoka M, Lane WS, Verdine GL. DNA binding by an amino acid residue in the C-terminal half of the Rel homology region. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 1994; 1:47-55. [PMID: 9383370 DOI: 10.1016/1074-5521(94)90040-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Members of the Rel family of transcription factors are important in regulating the inflammatory, acute phase, and immune responses in mammals. The structural basis for sequence-specific binding by Rel proteins is poorly understood, however. In the studies reported here, a new photoaffinity labeling procedure has been used to probe DNA contacts established by a Rel protein, the p50 homodimer of NF-kappa B. RESULTS Using a novel post-synthetic modification method, 8-azido-2'-deoxyadenosine (N3dA), a photoactive analog of 2'-deoxyadenosine, was introduced at a specific site within a consensus DNA binding site for the NF-kappa B p50 homodimer. Upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, the N3dA-substituted DNA was efficiently photocrosslinked to p50. The crosslinked amino acid of p50 was identified as K244, which lies in the carboxy-terminal half of the Rel homology region (RHR). Mutation of K244 exerts strong effects on DNA binding, confirming the importance of this residue for p50-DNA interactions. CONCLUSIONS We have used N3dA-containing DNA to identify a residue of NF-kappa B p50 that contacts DNA illustrating the value of this approach in studies of protein-DNA interactions. K244 appears not to contact a DNA base, but rather a phosphate moiety that lies nearby. The segment of protein sequence in which K244 resides has been implicated in dimerization. The results presented here suggest that the DNA-binding domain extends farther toward the carboxy-terminus than previously thought.
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- J Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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In vitro asymmetric binding of the pleiotropic regulatory protein, FruR, to the ace operator controlling glyoxylate shunt enzyme synthesis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36548-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Katouzian-Safadi M, Charlier M. Identification of the DNA-interacting sites of proteins: microsequencing of the peptides cross-linked to 5-bromouracil substituted DNA. Biochimie 1994; 76:129-32. [PMID: 8043648 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(94)90004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Photochemical induced cross-links between protein and nucleic acids are useful tools in the study of the protein-DNA interactions. The substitution of thymine by 5-bromouracil in DNA increases the photocross-linking yield, and reduces the direct damages to both DNA and proteins. Using the lac repressor-DNA non-specific interaction system, we have developed a procedure to identify the interaction site on the protein. Sensitive, accurate and inexpensive in time and material, this procedure is based on the possibility of sequencing peptides in the presence of a large excess of DNA. The obtained result (the implication of His 29) agrees with previous work.
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Blatter EE, Ebright YW, Ebright RH. Identification of an amino acid-base contact in the GCN4-DNA complex by bromouracil-mediated photocrosslinking. Nature 1992; 359:650-2. [PMID: 1406998 DOI: 10.1038/359650a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The bZIP DNA-binding proteins are characterized by a 50-amino-acid DNA binding and dimerization motif, consisting of a highly basic DNA-binding region ('b') followed by a leucine zipper dimerization region ('ZIP'). The best characterized bZIP DNA-binding protein is GCN4, a yeast transcriptional activator. GCN4 binds to a 9-base-pair two-fold-symmetric DNA site, 5'-A-4T-3G-2A-1C0T+1C+2A+3T+4-3' (refs 7-10). A detailed model known as the 'induced helical fork' model has been proposed for the structure of the GCN4-DNA complex. Using a site-specific bromouracil-mediated photocrosslinking method, we show here that the alanine at position 238 of GCN4 contacts, or is close to, the thymine 5-methyl of A.T at position +3 of the DNA site in the GCN4-DNA complex. Our results strongly support the induced helical fork model. Our site-specific bromouracil-mediated photocrosslinking method requires no prior information regarding the structure of the protein or the structure of the protein-DNA complex and should be generalizable to DNA-binding proteins that interact with the DNA major groove.
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- E E Blatter
- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08855
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Liu J, Verdine GL. Synthesis of photoactive DNA: incorporation of 8-bromo-2′-deoxyadenosine into synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides. Tetrahedron Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)74234-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wick KL, Matthews KS. Interactions between lac repressor protein and site-specific bromodeoxyuridine-substituted operator DNA. Ultraviolet footprinting and protein-DNA cross-link formation. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)38090-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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