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Mechanism of DNA denaturation in the presence of manganese ions

✍ Scribed by A. P. Yurgaitis; Yu. S. Lazurkin

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1981
Tongue
English
Weight
513 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3525

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The unwinding of DNA strands in the presence of small concentrations of Mn^2+^ ions (2 Γ— 10^βˆ’4^βˆ’4 Γ— 10^βˆ’4^M) has been studied. The process of unwinding is nonequilibrium; the DNA strands are gradually unwound at a constant temperature corresponding to the beginning of the melting curve. There is no true renaturation in the partially melted DNA. It is shown in the paper that these effects are due to the aggregation of the unwound DNA regions. The Mn^2+^ ions are responsible for the binding of the unwound strands. The aggregation precludes renaturation, shifts the equilibrium towards the melted state, and causes slow unwinding at a constant temperature. The binding of denaturated regions seems to occur through the guanines.

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