Thermodynamics of oligoarginines binding to RNA and DNA

Biochemistry
D P Mascotti, T M Lohman

Abstract

We have examined the equilibrium binding of a series of synthetic oligoarginines (net charge z = +2 to +6) containing tryptophan to poly(U), poly(A), poly(C), poly(I), and double-stranded (ds) DNA. Equilibrium association constants, K(obs), measured by monitoring tryptophan fluorescence quenching, were examined as functions of monovalent salt (MX) concentration and type, as well as temperature, from which deltaG(standard)obs, deltaH(obs), and deltaS(standard)obs were determined. For each peptide, K(obs) decreases with increasing [K+], and the magnitude of the dependence of K(obs) on [K+], delta log K(obs)/delta log[K+], increases with increasing net peptide charge. In fact, the values of delta log K(obs)/delta log[K+] are equivalent for oligolysines and oligoarginines possessing the same net positive charge. However, the values of K(obs) are systematically greater for oligoarginines binding to all polynucleotides, when compared to oligolysines with the same net charge. The origin of this difference is entirely enthalpic, with deltaH(obs), determined from van't Hoff analysis, being more exothermic for oligoarginine binding. The values of deltaH(obs) are also independent of [K+]; therefore, the salt concentration dependence of de...Continue Reading

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