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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Oxygen-to-sulfur substitutions in DNA phosphate often enhance affinity for DNA-binding proteins. Our previous studies have suggested that this effect of sulfur substitution of both OP1 and OP2 atoms is due to an entropic gain associated with enhanced ion-pair dynamics. In this work, we studied stereospecific effects of single sulfur substitution of either the OP1 or OP2 atom in DNA phosphate at the Lys57 interaction site of the Antennapedia homeodomain-DNA complex. By crystallography, we obtained the structural information on the RP and SP diastereomers of the phosphoromonothioate and their interaction with Lys57. By fluorescence-based assays, we found significant affinity enhancement upon sulfur substitution of the OP2 atom. By NMR spectroscopy, we found significant mobilization of the Lys57 side-chain NH3+ group upon sulfur substitution of the OP2 atom. These data provide further mechanistic insight into the affinity enhancement by oxygen-to-sulfur substitution in DNA phosphate.

Stereospecific effects of oxygen-to-sulfur substitution in DNA phosphate on ion-pair dynamics and protein-DNA affinity.,Nguyen D, Zandarashvili L, White MA, Iwahara J Chembiochem. 2016 Jun 7. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201600265. PMID:27271797^[1]

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