Kinetics and Thermodynamics of BI-BII Interconversion Altered by T:G Mismatches in DNA

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 2022 Apr 3

PMID 35367235

Authors

M N Westwood

C C Johnson

Nathan A Oyler

Gary A Meints

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Abstract

T:G mismatches in DNA result in humans primarily from deamination of methylated CpG sites. They are repaired by redundant systems, such as thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) and methyl-binding domain enzyme (MBD4), and maintenance of these sites has been implicated in epigenetic processes. The process by which these enzymes identify a canonical DNA base in the incorrect basepairing context remains a mystery. However, the conserved contacts of the repair enzymes with the DNA backbone suggests a role for protein-phosphate interaction in the recognition and repair processes. We have used P NMR to investigate the energetics of DNA backbone BI-BII interconversion, and for this work have focused on alterations to the activation barriers to interconversion and the effect of a mismatch compared with canonical DNA. We have found that alterations to the ΔG of interconversion for T:G basepairs are remarkably similar to U:G basepairs in the form of stepwise differences in ΔG of 1-2 kcal/mol greater than equivalent steps in unmodified DNA, suggesting a universality of this result for TDG substrates. Likewise, we see perturbations to the free energy (∼1 kcal/mol) and enthalpy (2-5 kcal/mol) of activation for the BI-BII interconversion localized to the phosphates flanking the mismatch. Overall our results strongly suggest that the perturbed backbone energetics in T:G basepairs play a significant role in the recognition process of DNA repair enzymes.

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