Characterization of DNA structures by Raman spectroscopy: high-salt and low-salt forms of double helical poly(dG-dC) in H2O and D2O solutions and application to B, Z and A-DNA.
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Benevides, J M
RESUMO
Raman spectra of poly(dG-dC) . poly(dG-dC) in D2O solutions of high (4.0M NaCl) and low-salt (0.1M NaCl) exhibit differences due to different nucleotide conformations and secondary structures of Z and B-DNA. Characteristic carbonyl modes in the 1600-1700 cm-1 region also reflect differences in base pair hydrogen bonding of the respective GC complexes. Comparison with A-DNA confirms the uniqueness of C = O stretching frequencies in each of the three DNA secondary structures. Most useful for qualitative identification of B, Z and A-DNA structures are the intense Raman lines of the phosphodiester backbone in the 750-850 cm-1 region. A conformation-sensitive guanine mode, which yields Raman lines near 682, 668, or 625 cm-1 in B (C2'-endo, anti), A (C3'-endo, anti) or Z (C3'-endo, syn) structures, respectively, is the most useful for quantitative analysis. In D2O, the guanine line of Z-DNA is shifted to 615 cm-1, permitting its detection even in the presence of proteins.
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