ISSN:
0887-3585
Keywords:
single-standard DNA-binding protein
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protein-nucleic acid interactions
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Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Using ultraviolet light, both the 33,000-dalton single-standard DNA-binding protein from T4 bacteriophage (gp32)as well as a 25,000-dalton limited trypsin cleavage product of gp32 (core gp32*) that retains high affinity for single-stranded DNA can be crosslinked to an oligodeoxynucleotide, p(dT)8. After photolysis, a single tryptic peptide crosslinked to p(dT)8 was isolated by anion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography. Gas-phase sequencing of this modified peptide gave the following sequence: Gln-Val-Ser-Gly-(X)-Ser-Asn-Tyr-Asp-Glu-Ser-Lys, which corresponds to residues 179-190 in gp32. Based on the absence of the expected phenylthiohydantoin derivative of phenylalanine 183 at cycle 5 (X) we infer that crosslinking has occurred at this position and that phenylalanine 183 is at the interface of the gp32:P(dT)8 complex in an orientation that allows covalent bond formation with the thymine radical produced by ultraviolet irradiation.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.340040103
