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. 1996 Jun 15;24(12):2435–2440. doi: 10.1093/nar/24.12.2435

Type IIS restriction enzyme footprinting I. Measurement of a triple helix dissociation constant with Eco57I at 25 degrees C.

B Ward 1
PMCID: PMC145927  PMID: 8710518

Abstract

A method is described to measure triple helix dissociation constants by inhibiting the cleavage of a plasmid constructed to contain a target sequence for the triplex forming oligonucleotide (TFO) dT20 by the type IIS restriction enzyme Eco57I. The method relies upon the TFO's ability to block the cleavage reaction by occupying the enzymes cleavage site but not its specific binding sequence. Using this protocol, the dissociation constant for dT20 bound to its target was 0.16 +/- 0.01 microM at 25 degrees C. The accuracy of this experiment was demonstrated by measuring the Kd of an affinity cleavage TFO using Eco57I and Quantitative Affinity Cleavage Titration. Type IIS restriction endonuclease footprinting should be useful for the qualitative and quantitative investigation of ligand-DNA interactions.

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