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Nucleic Acids Research, 2000, Vol. 28, No. 22 4514-4522
© 2000 Oxford University Press

NMR structure of a DNA duplex containing nucleoside analog 1-(2'-deoxy-ß-D-ribofuranosyl)-3-nitropyrrole and the structure of the unmodified control

Douglas A. Klewer, Aaron Hoskins, Peiming Zhang1, V. J. Davisson2, Donald E. Bergstrom1,2 and Andy C. LiWang*

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA, 1Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA and 2Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

The three-dimensional structures of two DNA duplexes d(CATGAGTAC)·d(GTACXCATG) (1) and d(CATGAGTAC)·d(GTACTCATG) (2), where X represents 1-(2'-deoxy-ß-D-ribofuranosyl)-3-nitropyrrole, were solved using high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamics. Good convergence was observed between final structures derived from A- and B-form starting geometries for both 1 and 2. Structures of 1 and 2 are right-handed duplexes within the B-form conformational regime. Furthermore, the structures of 1 and 2 are highly similar, with differences in the structures localized to the vicinity of residue 14 (X versus T). The pyrrole group of 1 is in the syn conformation and it is displaced towards the major groove. Furthermore, unlike T14 in 2, the base of X14 has reduced {pi}–{pi} stacking interactions with C13 and C15 and the nitro group of X14 is pointing out of the major groove. The structures presented here establish the basis of the thermal data of DNA duplexes containing X and should be informative during the design of improved wild card nucleobase analogs.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 979 862 6952; Fax: +1 979 845 9274; Email: andy-liwang{at}tamu.edu Present addresses: Aaron Hoskins, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Peiming Zhang, Motorola, Biochips Systems, Phoenix Research and Development Center, 2100 East Elliot Road, M/D AZ34/EL623, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA


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