Structure and interactions of the single-stranded DNA genome of filamentous virus fd: investigation by ultraviolet resonance raman spectroscopy.
Structure and interactions of the single-stranded DNA genome of filamentous virus fd: investigation by ultraviolet resonance raman spectroscopy.
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丝状病毒 fd 单链 DNA 基因组的结构和相互作用:紫外共振拉曼光谱研究。
DOI:
10.1021/bi970342q
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发表时间:
1997
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ThomasJr,GJ
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Wen,ZQ;Overman,SA;ThomasJr,GJ
The filamentous bacteriophagefdis a member of theFfclass ofInovirus, which includes phagesf1andM13. Ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) spectra offdhave been obtained using excitation wavelengths of 257, 244, 238, and 229 nm. Excitation at 257 nm selectively enhances Raman markers of the packaged single-stranded (ss) DNA genome, while excitation at the shorter wavelengths favors the detection of Raman signals from coat protein aromatics, particularly tryptophan (W26) and tyrosine residues (Y21 and Y24) of the viral coat subunit (pVIII). The principal findings are the following: (1) Distinctive markers of dA, dC, dG, and dT residues of the packaged genome are identified in UVRR spectra offdexcited at 257 and 244 nm, despite the low DNA mass composition (12%) of the virion. (2) Raman bands of the bases of packaged ssDNA show extraordinary resonance Ramanhypochromism. Raman intensity losses as large as 80% of the parent DNA nucleotide intensities are observed. This is interpreted as evidence of extensive short-range interactions involving bases of the packaged genome. (3) Conversely, Raman bands of tryptophan and tyrosine residues of the coat protein generally exhibit stronghyperchromism. Typically, Raman markers of the aromatic amino acids are about 3-fold more intense in the UVRR spectrum offdthan in spectra of the free amino acids. The very high Raman cross sections for residues Y21, Y24, and W26 are indicative of unusual hydrophobic environments in the viral assembly. (4) UVRR band shifts that accompany the transfer offdfrom H2O to D2O solution indicate that bases of the packaged ssDNA are readily exchanged by the solvent. Similarly, the indole N1H group of W26 is accessible to solvent, as shown by N1H → N1D exchange in D2O solution. (5) The UVRR markers of the packagedfdgenome confirm the conclusion reached previously from off-resonance Raman studies thatfdDNA nucleosides favor the C3‘-endo/anticonformation, rather than the C2‘-endo/anticonformation that is characteristic of the lowest energy structure of DNA. We conclude that nucleoside conformations of the packagedfdgenome are influenced by the specific organization of ssDNA and coat protein subunits in the native virion assembly.