DNA BENDING AND BINDING BY METALLO-ZIPPER MODELS OF BZIP PROTEINS
DNA BENDING AND BINDING BY METALLO-ZIPPER MODELS OF BZIP PROTEINS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00140a002
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发表时间:
1995-09
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15
通讯作者:
C. R. Palmer;L. Sloan;J. C. Adrian;B. Cuenoud;D. N. Paolella;A. Schepartz
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C. R. Palmer;L. Sloan;J. C. Adrian;B. Cuenoud;D. N. Paolella;A. Schepartz
The metallo-peptide [G29T&Fe contains two copies of the DNA recognition peptide of the yeast bZIP protein GCN4 assembled into a dimer with a 4'-substituted bis(terpyridyl)iron(II) complex. [G29Ts]2Fe contains the same DNA recognition peptide as GCN4, yet it possesses a function that GCN4 does not: it discriminates between the CRE (ATGACGTCAT) and AP-1 (ATGACTCAT) target sites, two bZIP target sites that differ by the presence or the absence of a single W base pair. In terms of its CWAP-1 specificity, [G29Ts]2Fe resembles the bZIP proteins CREB and CRE-BP1, whose biological functions require accurate discrimination of these two target sites. Here are described a series of experiments that explore the molecular basis for the high C W A P 1 specificity of [G29T&Fe and its homologue [G28T~]2Fe. Quantitative analysis of equilibrium dissociation constants reveals that the stabilities of the [G28T&FeCRE and [G29T&FeCRE complexes are no higher than those of the corresponding disulfide-dimerCRE complexes. In addition, the phosphate interference pattems of the [G28Ts]2FeCRE and [G29T~]2FeCRE complexes superpose on those of the corresponding disulfide-dimerCRE complexes. Finally, helical phasing analysis reveals that the metallo-peptides and the disulfide-dimer peptides all induce equivalent distortions in the DNA. However, CREJAP-1 specificity is eliminated when the bis(terpyridyl)iron(II) complex is replaced by a sterically less-demanding bipyridyl moiety. This result, analyzed in the context of recently solved structures of GCN4 bound to the CRE and AP-1 target sites, leads us to propose that CREIAP-1 specificity results from interactions between the bis(terpyridyl)iron(II) complex and the proximal region of the peptide that disrupts one or more critical proteiwAP-1 interactions. Remarkably, the mechanism of CRE/AP1 specificity proposed for the metallo-peptide bZIP models mirrors, at least in part, the mechanism employed by the naturally CRE-selective proteins CREB and CRE-BP1. Our observation that subtle and indirect effects on the conformation of a short peptide can lead to large changes in DNA target specificity provides evidence that it may be possible to design surprisingly small molecules that bind DNA with high sequence-specificity as well as high affinity. Introduction that assembled flexible polyether chains into ionophores capable Transition-metal complexes provide a convenient and adaptable scaffold for the assembly of functional synthetic arrays.'-I0 In our laboratory, we have exploited transition-metal complexes as scaffolds for the assembly of synthetic receptors that possess a measurable function.' This idea took form initially in 1989 with the synthesis of bis(salicylaldimine)nickel(II) complexes * To whom correspondence should be addressed. ' Current address: Department of Chemistry, Union College. 5 Department of Chemistry. I' Training Program in Biophysics. @ Abstract published in Aduance ACS Abstracts, August 15, 1995. (1) Schepartz, A.; McDevitt, J. P. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1989, 1 1 1 , 5976. (2) Sasaki, T.; Kaiser, T. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1989, 1 1 1 , 380. (3) Pyle, A. M.; Barton, J. K. Prog. lnorg. Chem. 1990, 38, 413 and (4) Liebeman, M.; Sasaki, T. J . Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 1470. ( 5 ) Schwabacher, A. W.; Lee, J.; Lei, H. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1992, 114, (6) Ghadiri, M. R.; Soares, C.; Choi, C. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1992, 114, (7) Fujimoto, K.; Shinkai, S . Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 2915. (8) Goodman, M. S . ; Weiss, J.; Hamilton, A. D. Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 8943. (9) Jones, M. W.; Gupta, N.; Schepartz, A,; Thorp, H. H. lnorg. Chem. 1992, 31, 1308. (10) For examples of nonmetallic scaffolds for the assembly of functional synthetic arrays, see: Ueno, M.; Murakami, A.; Makino, K.; Morii, T. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1993, 115, 12575; Morii, R.; Simomura, M.; Morimoto, S.; Saito, I. J . Am. Chem. SOC. 1993, 115, 1150, as well as ref 11. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. Current address: Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basel, Switzerland. references cited therein.