Correlation of lac operator DNA imino proton exchange kinetics with its function.
AUTOR(ES)
Cheung, S
RESUMO
The kinetics for imino hydrogen exchange, at individual base pairs in the DNA sequence corresponding to the lactose operon operator of Escherichia coli, has been examined by NMR saturation recovery measurements as a function of temperature. Three 17-base-pair subsections of the lac operator DNA were chemically synthesized for these studies. The results support our previous observations in the 36-base-pair complete lac operator DNA fragment that has been used in our previous NMR studies. The results indicate faster opening kinetics at a GTG/CAC that is also the site of operator mutations leading to the highest level of constitutive beta-galactosidase synthesis. The GTG/CAC sequence occurs frequently and often symmetrically in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA sites where one anticipates specific protein interaction for gene regulation or recombination.
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