The internal dynamics of gene 32 protein-DNA complexes studied by quasi-elastic light scattering. 1988

M E Kuil, and F van Mourik, and W Burger, and R van Grondelle
Department of Biophysics, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The hydrodynamic properties of large homodisperse single stranded DNAs complexed with the helix destabilizing protein of phage T4, the product of gene 32 (GP32), have been measured. The results suggest a size of the binding site between 8 and 10 nucleotides/GP32 molecule, in reasonable agreement with earlier work on a complex between GP32 and single stranded 145 base DNA. From static light scattering experiments it is concluded that the persistence length of these complexes is about 30 nm, distinctly smaller than the generally accepted value for double stranded DNA. The quasi-elastic light scattering properties of the DNA-GP32 complexes were determined. The variation of the apparent translation diffusion coefficient Dapp with the scattering vector q was analyzed using the discrete ISMF and Rouse-Zimm models [S.C. Lin et al., Biopolymers 17 (1978) 425]. The model parameters that followed from the fit of Dapp versus q2 and from an extensive global analysis of the actually measured autocorrelation functions agreed with the notion that these DNA-protein complexes are indeed rather flexible. The continuous Soda model [K. Soda, Macromolecules 17 (1984) 2365] could successfully explain the variation of Dapp versus q2, assuming a persistence length of 30 nm and a base-base distance in the complex of 0.44 nm.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
D008962 Models, Theoretical Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of systems, processes, or phenomena. They include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Experimental Model,Experimental Models,Mathematical Model,Model, Experimental,Models (Theoretical),Models, Experimental,Models, Theoretic,Theoretical Study,Mathematical Models,Model (Theoretical),Model, Mathematical,Model, Theoretical,Models, Mathematical,Studies, Theoretical,Study, Theoretical,Theoretical Model,Theoretical Models,Theoretical Studies
D010582 Bacteriophage lambda A temperate inducible phage and type species of the genus lambda-like viruses, in the family SIPHOVIRIDAE. Its natural host is E. coli K12. Its VIRION contains linear double-stranded DNA with single-stranded 12-base 5' sticky ends. The DNA circularizes on infection. Coliphage lambda,Enterobacteria phage lambda,Phage lambda,lambda Phage
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D004269 DNA, Bacterial Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of bacteria. Bacterial DNA
D004279 DNA, Viral Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses. Viral DNA
D004548 Elasticity Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D012542 Scattering, Radiation The diversion of RADIATION (thermal, electromagnetic, or nuclear) from its original path as a result of interactions or collisions with atoms, molecules, or larger particles in the atmosphere or other media. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Radiation Scattering,Radiation Scatterings,Scatterings, Radiation

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