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Effect of nucleic acid binding on the triplet state properties of tetrapeptides containing tryptophan and 6-methyltryptophan: A study by phosphorescence and ODMR spectroscopy

  1. Author:
    Misra, A.
    Ozarowski, A.
    Casas-Finet, J. R.
    Maki, A. H.
  2. Author Address

    Univ Calif Davis, Dept Chem, Davis, CA 95616 USA. Univ Calif Davis, Dept Chem, Davis, CA 95616 USA. NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, SAIC Frederick, AIDS Vaccine Program, Frederick, MD 21702 USA.
    1. Year: 2000
  1. Journal: Biochemistry
    1. 39
    2. 45
    3. Pages: 13772-13780
  2. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Complexes of four peptides [KWGK, KGWK, K(6MeW)GK, KG(6MeW)K] with the nucleic acids [poly(A), poly(C), poly(U), poly(I), and rG(8)] have been investigated by phosphorescence and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectroscopy. The intrinsic spectroscopic probes used in these studies are tryptophan (W) and 6-methyltryptophan (6MeW). Binding to the nucleic acids results in a red-shift of the phosphorescence 0,0-band (DeltaE(0,0)) of the aromatic residue as well as a reduction of its zero-field splitting parameter (DeltaD). Results are compared with earlier studies of the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein, NCp7, that contains a single tryptophan residue (Trp37) within a retroviral zinc finger sequence. Binding of poly(A) or poly(U) to the tetrapeptides induces larger DeltaE(0,0) and DeltaD than when bound to NCp7, indicating stronger stacking interactions. Poly(I), on the ether hand, produces larger shifts in Trp37 of NCp7. Binding of rG(8) produces sequence-dependent effects in the peptides. When bound to NCp7, but in contrast with tetrapeptide binding, nucleic acids produce large changes in triplet state kinetics consistent with enhanced spin-orbit coupling. These results are discussed in terms of three limiting types of tryptophan-base interaction: intercalation, aromatic stacking, and edge-on interaction. These should have differing effects on the properties of the triplet state.

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