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Influence of magnesium ions on spontaneous opening of DNA base pairs
Authors:Every Alicia E  Russu Irina M
Institution:Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics Program, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA.
Abstract:A large amount of experimental evidence is available for the effects of magnesium ions on the structure and the stability of the DNA double helix. Less is known, however, on how these ions affect the dynamics of the molecule and the stability of each individual base pair. The present work addresses these questions by a study of the DNA duplex dCGCAGATCTGCG]2, and its interactions with magnesium ions using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and proton exchange. Two-dimensional NMR experiments indicate that binding of magnesium to this DNA duplex does not affect its structure. However, even in the absence of structural changes, magnesium ions specifically affect the exchange properties of imino protons in the four GC/CG base pairs that are located in the interior of the double helix. These specific changes do not result from alterations in the rates of spontaneous opening of these base pairs. Instead, the changes most likely reflect an enhancement in the energetic propensity for spontaneous opening of the GC/CG base pairs that is induced by the binding of magnesium ions.
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