Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Sc ›› 20120, Vol. 2012 ›› Issue (6): 81-88.doi:

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Study on the effects of Mg2+ on the binding between Bloom syndrome helicase and G4DNA

LUO Heng 1-3, CAI Ming-juan 1,2, CHEN Xiang 1,2, DING Mei 1,2,LI Kun 1,2, XU Hou-qiang 1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; 2. Guizhou Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding Reproduction, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; 3. The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Agricultural College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2011-09-01 Revised:2011-12-01 Online:2012-11-25 Published:2013-01-11

Abstract: This paper studied the effects of Mg2+ on G4DNA, BLM-G4DNA complex, and the binding of BLM642-1290 helicase and G4DNA using fluorescence anisotropy technology.The results indicated that the fluorescence anisotropy of G4DNA increased with Mg2+ concentration (〖WTBX〗P〖WTBZ〗<0.01); The anisotropy of BLM-G4DNA complex showed varied tendency of decrease-increase-decrease with Mg2+ concentration (〖WTBX〗P〖WTBZ〗<0.01);The anisotropy of the binding between the helicase and G4DNA gradually declined following Mg2+ concentration (〖WTBX〗P〖WTBZ〗<0.01); The binding was most likely to occur between the helicase and G4DNA when Mg2+ concentrations was 3.0 mmol/L, which suggested that the suitable amount of Mg2+ could promote the binding of the helicase and G4DNA but that could lead to the change of the binding properties of two molecules including the shape, flow ability, and charge. These results provided useful data for studying the interaction mechanism between BLM helicase and G4DNA.

Key words: BLM helicase, G4DNA, Mg2+, fluorescence polarization technology

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