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CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 699-706Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(02)00150-3
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM56947, GM62360, 5 T32 GM08268] Funding Source: Medline
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was used to investigate changes in dynamics of spin-labeled nucleotides in the TAR RNA (U23, U25, U38, and U40) upon binding to cations, argininamide, and two peptides derived from the Tat protein. Nearly identical changes in dynamics were obtained for either calcium or sodium ions, indicating the absence of a calcium-specific structural change for the TAR RNA in solution that had previously been suggested by crystallographic data. Similar dynamic signatures were obtained for two Tat-derived peptides that have the same important binding determinant (R52) and similar binding affinities to the TAR RNA. However, U23 and U38 were substantially less mobile for the wild-type peptide (YGRKKRRQRRR) than for the mutant (YKKKKRK KKKA), demonstrating that, flanking R52, amino acids in the wild-type sequence make specific contacts to the RNA.
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