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. 1994 Jun 25;22(12):2249–2254. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.12.2249

Hydration of DNA in aqueous solution: NMR evidence for a kinetic destabilization of the minor groove hydration of d-(TTAA)2 versus d-(AATT)2 segments.

E Liepinsh 1, W Leupin 1, G Otting 1
PMCID: PMC523681  PMID: 8036152

Abstract

The residence times of the hydration water molecules near the base protons of d-(GTGGAATTCCAC)2 and d-(GTGGTTAACCAC)2 were investigated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Nuclear Overhauser effects (NOE) were observed between base protons of the DNA and hydration water in NOESY and ROESY experiments. Large positive NOESY cross peaks observed between the resonances of the water and the adenine 2H protons of the central d-(AATT)2 segment in the duplex d-(GTGGAATTCCAC)2 indicate the presence of a 'spine of hydration' with water molecules exhibiting residence times on the DNA longer than 1 nanosecond. In contrast, no positive intermolecular NOESY cross peaks were detected in the d-(TTAA)2 segment of the duplex d-(GTGGTTAACCAC)2, indicating that no water molecules bound with similarly long residence times occur in the minor groove of this fragment. These results can be correlated with the larger width of the minor groove in d-(TTAA)2 segments as compared to that in d-(AATT)2 segments, as observed previously in single crystal structures of related oligonucleotide duplexes in B type conformation. The present experiments confirm earlier experimental results from single crystal studies and theoretical predictions that a 5'-dTA-3' step in the nucleotide sequence interrupts the spine of hydration in the minor groove.

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