Sequence discrimination of the Zα domain of human ADAR1 during B-Z transition of DNA duplexes

  • Yeo Jin Seo
  • , Hee Chul Ahn
  • , Eun Hae Lee
  • , Jongchul Bang
  • , Young Min Kang
  • , Hee Eun Kim
  • , Yeon Mi Lee
  • , Kyungmin Kim
  • , Byong Seok Choi
  • , Joon Hwa Lee

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Abstract

The Zα domain of human ADAR1 (ZαADAR1) preferentially binds Z-DNA rather than B-DNA with high binding affinity. ZαADAR1 binds to the Z-conformation of both non-CG-repeat DNA duplexes and a d(CGCGCG)2 duplex similarly. We performed NMR experiments on complexes between the ZαADAR1 and non-CG-repeat DNA duplexes, d(CACGTG)2 or d(CGTACG)2, with a variety of protein-DNA molar ratios. Comparison of these results with those from the analysis of d(CGCGCG)2 in the previous study suggests that ZαADAR1 exhibits the sequence preference of d(CGCGCG)2≫d(CACGTG)2>d(CGTACG)2 through multiple sequence discrimination steps during the B-Z transition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4344-4350
Number of pages7
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume584
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • B-Z transition
  • Hydrogen exchange
  • NMR
  • Non-CG repeat DNA
  • Z-DNA
  • Z-DNA binding protein

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