二价金属离子对鲑鱼精DNA热稳定性的影响

二价金属离子与 DNA之间的作用在 DNA复制、转录以及新陈代谢过程中起到重要的作用 ,因此越来越受到关注 1,2 ] .L uck等 3 ]指出 ,碱土金属与 DNA分子的磷酸基团发生作用使 DNA的热稳定性升高 ,而二价过渡金属离子主要是与碱基作用而使 DNA热稳定性降低 . Eichhorn等 4 ] 用变温紫外光谱法研究了在 DNA磷酸根离子的浓度较小 (0～ 4.0 )时 ,多种二价金属离子对小牛胸腺 DNA热稳定性的影响 ,发现 Mg2 + 及过渡金属离子 Mn2 + ,Co2 + 和 Ni2 + 都有利于 DNA的稳定 .最近 ,Duguid等 5]用差示扫描量热法 (DSC)研究了在 c(M2 +…

The Effects of Divalent Metal Ions on the Thermal Stability of Salmon Sperm DNA

The effects of Mg 2+, Ca 2+, Mn 2+, Co 2+ and Ni 2+ on the thermal stability of Salmon Sperm DNA were investigated by employing differential scanning calorimetry method. For the divalent cations, the shielding effect plays the dominant role in the interaction of nucleic acid chains when they are in low concentrations, as reflected in the moderate increasing of DNA melting temperature. Along with increasing concentration, both alkaline earth metal ions and transitional metal ions were found to lower the DNA melting temperature, indicating possible direct interaction between the divalent cations with the bases in the DNA molecules. The effectiveness increases with the order Mg 2+, Ca 2+, Mn 2+, Co 2+ and Ni 2+. It was found for the first time that the presence of Mn 2+ triggered the biphasic-melting behavior of the Salmon Sperm DNA when the concentration of the cation was increased to a value about 2 times of phosphorous in DNA.