The dynamic impact of CpG methylation in DNA |
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Authors: | Geahigan K B Meints G A Hatcher M E Orban J Drobny G P |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. |
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Abstract: | Solid-state deuterium NMR is used to investigate perturbations of the local, internal dynamics in the EcoRI restriction binding site, -GAATTC- induced by cytidine methylation. Methylation of the cytidine base in this sequence is known to suppress hydrolysis by the EcoRI restriction enzyme. Previous solid-state deuterium NMR studies have detected large amplitude motions of the phosphate-sugar backbone at the AT-CG junction of the unmethylated DNA sequence. This study shows that methylation of the cytidine base in a CpG dinucleotide reduces the amplitudes of motions of the phosphate-sugar backbone. These observations suggest a direct link between suppression of the amplitudes of localized, internal motions of the sugar-phosphate backbone of the DNA and inhibition of restriction enzyme cleavage. |
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