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ArticleNucleic acids research2014

Specific minor groove solvation is a crucial determinant of DNA binding site recognition.

Lydia-Ann Harris, Loren Dean Williams, Gerald B Koudelka

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Lydia-Ann HarrisDepartment of Biological Sciences, 607 Cooke Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
Loren Dean WilliamsSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA.
Gerald B KoudelkaDepartment of Biological Sciences, 607 Cooke Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA koudelka@buffalo.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DNA sequence preferences of nearly all sequence specific DNA binding proteins are influenced by the identities of bases that are not directly contacted by protein. Discrimination between non-contacted base sequences is commonly based on the differential abilities of DNA sequences to allow narrowing of the DNA minor groove. However, the factors that govern the propensity of minor groove narrowing are not completely understood. Here we show that the differential abilities of various DNA sequences to support formation of a highly ordered and stable minor groove solvation network are a key determinant of non-contacted base recognition by a sequence-specific binding protein. In addition, disrupting the solvent network in the non-contacted region of the binding site alters the protein's ability to recognize contacted base sequences at positions 5-6 bases away. This observation suggests that DNA solvent interactions link contacted and non-contacted base recognition by the protein.

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Base SequenceBinding SitesDNADNA-Binding ProteinsModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationOperator Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRepressor ProteinsViral ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsP22 repressor protein, Enterobacteria phage P22Repressor ProteinsViral Proteins

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PMID25429976
PMCPMC4267663

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