Investigation of DNA-protein sequence-specific interactions with a ds-DNA array

Molecules. 2005 Feb 28;10(2):417-26. doi: 10.3390/10020417.

Abstract

The sequence specific recognitions between DNAs and proteins play important roles in many biological functions. The use of double-stranded DNA arrays (ds-DNA arrays) for studying sequence specific recognition between DNAs and proteins is a promising method. Here we report the use of a ds-DNA probe with multi operation sites of restriction proteins in the middle sequence to investigate DNA-protein sequence-specific interactions including methylation. We arranged EcoR I site and Rsa I site on the same duplex DNA probe to fabricate ds-DNA arrays. We used the ds-DNA arrays to study DNA-restriction enzyme reactions before and after duplex DNA methylation under different probe concentration and reaction time conditions. Our results indicated that the ds-DNA arrays can be further biochemically modified and made accessible for interactions between DNAs and proteins in complex multi-step gene-regulation processes.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • DNA / chemistry*
  • DNA / metabolism*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI / metabolism
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Protein Binding
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) / metabolism
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • DNA
  • DNA modification methylase EcoRI
  • Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific)
  • Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI
  • Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
  • GTAC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases