Solution structure of the aminofluorene [AF]-external conformer of the anti-[AF]-C8-dG adduct opposite dC in a DNA duplex

Biochemistry
B MaoD J Patel

Abstract

The Escherichia coli genome contains a C-G1-G2-C-G3-C-C NarI hot spot sequence for -2 deletion mutations at G3 by aromatic amine carcinogens 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) and 2-aminofluorene (AF) that form covalent adducts at the C8-position of the guanine ring. Each of the three guanines are positioned in different sequence contexts (C-G1-G, G-G2-C, and C-G3-C) which provides an opportunity to investigate the potential sequence dependent interconversion between AF-intercalated and AF-external conformers of the [AF]dG adduct positioned opposite dC within the NarI sequence at the duplex level. We have prepared and purified DNA duplexes containing the [AF]dG adduct positioned in C-[AF]G-G, G-[AF]G-C, and C-[AF]G-C NarI sequence contexts and observe the ratio of AF-intercalated to AF-external conformers to be 30:70, 10:90, and 50:50, respectively. We have applied a combined NMR-molecular mechanics approach to define the structure of the AF-external conformer in the G-[AF]G-C NarI sequence context where it is the predominant conformation (90%) in solution. The modified guanine of the [AF]dG adduct aligns through Watson-Crick pairing with its partner cytosine and is stacked into the helix between flanking Watson-Crick dG.dC base pairs...Continue Reading

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