Table 3.
Determination of secondary structure contents of wild-type Vif protein bound to RNA and DNA oligonucleotides
R | α-helical (%) | β-sheet (%) | Turns (%) | Random (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 6.5 | 41.5 | 12 | 40 | |
TAR | 1 | 4.5 | 69.5 | 7 | 19 |
B2 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 6 | 44 |
C10 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 11 | 43 |
dTAR | 1 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 30 |
dB2 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 12 | 35 |
dC10 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 12 | 42 |
Equimolecular amounts of nucleic acids were added to wild-type Vif protein (R = 1). Spectra were corrected for nucleic acids ellipticity.