Evidence for a sequence-directed conformation periodicity in the genomic highly repetitive DNA detectable with single-strand-specific chemical probe potassium permanganate |
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Authors: | Roman Matyášek Jaroslav Fulneček Jiří Fajkus Milan Bezděk |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic;(2) Department of Biochemistry, Masaryk University, CZ-61137 Brno, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | A single-strand-specific chemical probe, potassium permanganate (KMnO4), was used to study the sequence-dependent conformation periodicity of tandem multicopy repetitive DNA sequences HRS60 and GRS (Nicotiana species) at the level of single base pair and dinucleotide step. Local DNA structures, sensitive to KMnO4, revealed periodicity of 182±2 bp, equal to the length of repeat units. Permanganate-sensitive local structures were mapped in both DNA strands of genomic HRS60 sequences and were found to be linked to d(A)n tracts. These adenine tracts are located in the proximity of the intrinsically curved domains. Distamycin A increased reactivity of the DNA but decreased the specificity of DNA cleavage. Similar conformation periodicity has been detected also in the canrep family of repeats (Brassica species). All studied repetitive sequences are predominantly located in the constitutive heterochromatin. We discuss the role of conformation periodicties in relation to a structural code for nucleosome phasing at tandem arrays of DNA repeats.accepted for publication by J.S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison |
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Keywords: | chromosome structure DNA conformation nucleosomes tobacco |
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