THERMODYNAMIC STOICHIOMETRIES OF PARTICIPATION OF WATER, CATIONS AND ANIONS IN SPECIFIC AND NONSPECIFIC-BINDING OF LAC REPRESSOR TO DNA - POSSIBLE THERMODYNAMIC ORIGINS OF THE GLUTAMATE EFFECT ON PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS
THERMODYNAMIC STOICHIOMETRIES OF PARTICIPATION OF WATER, CATIONS AND ANIONS IN SPECIFIC AND NONSPECIFIC-BINDING OF LAC REPRESSOR TO DNA - POSSIBLE THERMODYNAMIC ORIGINS OF THE GLUTAMATE EFFECT ON PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(92)90504-d
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发表时间:
1992-11-05
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
RECORD, MT
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作者:
HA, JH;CAPP, MW;RECORD, MT
The objective of this study is to quantify the contributions of cations, anions and water to stability and specificity of the interaction of lac repressor (lac R) protein with the strong-binding symmetric lac, operator (O sym) DNA site. To this end, binding constants K obs and their power dependences on univalent salt (MX) concentration (SK obs≡ d log K obs d log [MX]) have been determined for the interactions of lac R with O sym operator and with non-operator DNA using filter binding and DNA cellulose chromatography, respectively. For both specific and non-specific binding of lac R, K obs at fixed salt concentration [KX] increases when chloride (Cl−) is replaced by the physiological anion glutamate (Glu−). At 0.25 m-KX. the increase in K obs for O sym is observed to be $ ̃ 40-fold, whereas for non-operator DNA the increase in K obs is estimated by extrapolation to be 3 ̃ 00-fold. For non-operator DNA, SK obs RD is independent of salt concentration within experimental uncertainty, and is similar in KCl (SK obs, KCl RD=− 9.8 (±1.0) between 0.13 m and 0.18 m-KCl) and KGlu (SK obs, KGlu RD=− 9.3 (±0.7) between 0.23 m and 0.36 m-KGlu). For O sym DNA, SK obs RO varies significantly with the nature of the anion, and, at least in KGlu appears to decrease in magnitude with increasing [KGlu]. Average magnitudes of SK obs RO are less than SK obs RD, and, for specific binding decrease in the order¦ SK obs, KCl RO¦>¦ SK obs, KAc RO¦> SK obs, KGlu RO¦. Neither K obs RO nor SK obs RO is affected by the choice of univalent cation M+(Na+, K+, NH+ 4. or mixtures thereof, all as the chloride salt), and SK obs RO is independent of [MCl] in the range examined (0.125 to 0.3 m). This behavior of SK obs RO is consistent with that expected for a binding process with a large contribution from the polyelectrolyte effect. However, the lack of an effect of the nature of the cation on the magnitude of SK obs RO at a fixed [MX] is somewhat unexpected, in view of the order of preference of cations for the immediate vicinity of DNA (NH 4+> K+> Na+) observed by 23 Na nuclear magnetic resonance. For both specific and non-specific binding, the large stoichiometry of cation release from the DNA polyelectrolyte is the dominant contribution to SK obs RO. To interpret these data, we propose that Glu− is an inert anion, whereas Ac and Cl compete with DNA phosphate groups in binding to lac repressor. A thermodynamic estimate of the minimum stoichiometry of water release from lac repressor and O sym operator (210 (±30) H 2 O) is determined from analysis of the apparently significant reduction in¦ SK obs, KGlu RO¦ with increasing [KGlu] in the range 0.25 to 0.9 m. According to this analysis, SK obs values of specific arid non-specific binding in KGlu differ primarily because of the release of water in specific binding. In KAc and KCl, we deduce that anion competition affects K obs and SK obs to an extent which differs for different anions and for the different binding modes.