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Nucleic Acids Research, 1979, Vol. 7, No. 6 1699-1712
© 1979

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Non-specific interactions of CRP from ELcoli with native and denatured DNAs: control of binding by cAMP and cGMP and by cation concentration

M. Takahashi, B. Blazy and A. Baudras

Université Paul-Sabatier and Centre de Recherche de Biochimie et de Génétique Cellulaires du C.N.R.S. 118, Route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, France

Received July 16, 1979. The cyclic adenosine 3' ,5' -monophosphate receptor protein of Escherichia coli (CRP) binds cooperatively to single- and double-stranded DNA. Binding data could be fitted to the model of McGhee and von Hippel (I) and show that neither strandedness of DNA, nor the effectors cAMP and cGMP or the ionic strength (KC1) do change appreciably the cooperativity parameter {omega}({omega} = 100), and site size of DNA. Instead, distinctly different slopes were observed for the linear decrease of log K {omega} (a measure of the overall affinity) as a function of log (K+). From these double-log plots (2), the number of cations released and the non-electrostatic contributions to the binding free energy could be determined. Binding of CRP to single-stranded DNA is slightly favored under physiological ionic conditions (0.15–0.20 M) , but such a preferential binding is almost abolished in the presence of cAMP which increases the strength of the interaction of the protein with both forms of DNA. cGMP does not change the binding properties and interactions of CRP with DNA. These observations do not support the proposal that the cAMP-CRP complex could stimulate transcription via some "melting" property unless its interactions be dramatically changed when it binds specifically to promoter DNA.


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