Base-Excision Repair Activity of Uracil-DNA Glycosylase Monitored Using the Latch Zone of α-Hemolysin

被引：54

作者：

Jin, Qian ^{[1
]}

Fleming, Aaron M. ^{[1
]}

Johnson, Robert P. ^{[1
]}

Ding, Yun ^{[1
]}

Burrows, Cynthia J. ^{[1
]}

White, Henry S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utah, Dept Chem, Salt City, UT 84112 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY | 2013年 / 135卷 / 51期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

SINGLE-MOLECULE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; UNZIPPING KINETICS; NANOPORE; DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN; LESIONS; RECOGNITION; DEAMINATION; SEQUENCE;

D O I：

10.1021/ja410615d

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

Nanopores have been investigated as a simple and label-free tool to characterize DNA nucleotides when a ssDNA strand translocates through the constriction of the pore. Here, a wild-type alpha-hemolysin protein nanopore was used to monitor DNA repair enzyme activity based on base-specific interactions of dsDNA with the vestibule constriction "latch", a previously unrecognized sensing zone in alpha-hemolysin specific for dsDNA structure. The presence of a single abasic site within dsDNA that is in proximity to the latch zone (+/-2 nucleotides) results in a large increase in ion channel current, allowing accurate quantitation of the kinetics of base repair reactions involving an abasic site product. Taking advantage of the high resolution for abasic site recognition, the rate of uracil-DNA glycosylase hydrolysis of the N-glycosidic bond, converting 2'-deoxyuridine in DNA to an abasic site, was continuously monitored by electrophoretically capturing reaction substrate or product dsDNA in the ion channel vestibule. Our work suggests use of the nanopore as an enzymology tool and provides a means to identify single base structural changes in dsDNA.

引用

页码：19347 / 19353

页数：7

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