CLEAVAGE OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID BY THE 1,10-PHENANTHROLINE-CUPROUS COMPLEX - HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE REQUIREMENT AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STRUCTURE SPECIFICITY
CLEAVAGE OF DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC-ACID BY THE 1,10-PHENANTHROLINE-CUPROUS COMPLEX - HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE REQUIREMENT AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STRUCTURE SPECIFICITY
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00505a003
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
SIGMAN, DS
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作者:
MARSHALL, LE;GRAHAM, DR;SIGMAN, DS
1,10-Phenanthroline (OP) coordinated to Cu ion cleaves DNA in a reaction requiring H2O2 and thiol. The alternating copolymer poly([3H]dA-[3H]T) (10 .mu.g/ml) is made 95% acid soluble in < 30 s with 20 .mu.M OP, 2 .mu.M Cu ion, 7 mM 3-mercaptopropionic acid and 7 mM H2O2 under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In the absence of added H2O2, oxygen is required for the thiol-mediated scission of DNA by 1,10-phenanthroline and Cu ion because it serves as a precursor for H2O2 formed as a result of the in situ oxidation of thiol catalyzed by the 2:1 phenanthroline-cupric complex. In the absence of 1,10-phenanthroline and Cu ion, H2O2 does not measurably degrade poly(dA-dT). In the presence of the ligand and metal ion, the reaction is much faster when both H2O2 and thiol are present than when either is present alone. The involvement of the cuprous complex is inferred from the requirement for reducing agent and from the inhibition of the reaction by cuprous specific ligands. Intercalation of 1,10-phenanthroline into the DNA during the course of the reaction is suggested by inhibition of DNA scission by intercalating agents such as ethidium bromide and a strong, if not absolute, preference for double-stranded [poly(dA) .cntdot. poly(T)] as compared to single-stranded [poly(dA) or poly(T)] DNA as a substrate for the cleavage. Electrophoresis of a fragment of Escherichia coli lac operon reacted with the coordination complex revealed scission of nearly equal intensity at every base, suggesting little, if any, primary sequence specificity in the reaction. Because of this lack of specificity, this chemistry may be useful in studying the primary sequence specificity of other agents in their interactions with DNA.