Microflow reactors provide a means of implementing dnacomputing as a whole, not just individual steps. Contrary to surface based dna Chips[1], microflow reactors with active components in closed flow systems can be u...
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We present here a complete three-dimensional molecular model structure of the ternary complex (Enzyme-dna-dNTP) of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) using high performance computer s...
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We present here a complete three-dimensional molecular model structure of the ternary complex (Enzyme-dna-dNTP) of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) using high performance computer simulation and molecular modeling techniques. the Ca coordinates of the crystal structure of HIV-1 RT-dna binary complex as well as biochemical properties of a number of mutant enzymes were used as the basis to model build a prepolymerase ternary complex in which Mg2 + ions are also accommodated. the side chains of amino acid residues interacting withthe template and primer strands and those stabilizing the dNTP and Mg2+ ions in the active site pocket are clearly elucidated in the model. the structural information provided by this model should be useful in understanding the polymerase reaction mechanisms and should permit structure based drug design against HIV-1 RT.
the authors present here a complete three-dimensional molecular model structure of the ternary complex (Enzyme-dna-dNTP) of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) using high performance c...
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the authors present here a complete three-dimensional molecular model structure of the ternary complex (Enzyme-dna-dNTP) of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) using high performance computer simulation and molecular modeling techniques. the Ca coordinates of the crystal structure of HIV-1 RT-dna binary complex as well as biochemical properties of a number of mutant enzymes were used as the basis to model build a prepolymerase ternary complex in which Mg/sup 2+/ ions are also accommodated. the side chains of amino acid residues interacting withthe template and primer strands and those stabilizing the dNTP and Mg/sup 2+/ ions in the active site pocket are clearly elucidated in the model. the structural information provided by this model should be useful in understanding the polymerase reaction mechanisms and should permit structure based drug design against HIV-1 RT.
We describe the interaction of radiation with a double-stranded dna molecule and withthe structural water surrounding it. the results, which include a detailed picture of dnamolecular alterations, as well as their y...
We describe the interaction of radiation with a double-stranded dna molecule and withthe structural water surrounding it. the results, which include a detailed picture of dnamolecular alterations, as well as their yield and spatial disposition, were obtained withthe aid of Monte Carlo codes that simulate, event-by-event and simultaneously, direct and indirect effects. these calculations make use of explicit quantum-mechanical descriptions of the electronic structure of condensed water and of a homopolynucleotide chain. From these we obtain, via the dielectric response function of the two systems, epsilon (q, omega), the interaction probabilities necessary in the transport codes.
Metal-ion assisted, gamma-radiation-induced B-Z conformation changes have been observed with UV and circular dichroism spectroscopy for poly (dGdC), calf thymus and herring testis dna. these conformational changes are...
Metal-ion assisted, gamma-radiation-induced B-Z conformation changes have been observed with UV and circular dichroism spectroscopy for poly (dGdC), calf thymus and herring testis dna. these conformational changes are similar to those induced by increasing multivalent metal ion concentrations in dna containing alternating purine and pyrimidine base sequences. In boththe metal-ion-induced and the metal-ion-assisted, radiation-induced conformation changes, the conversions were from the right-handed B-dna to the left-handed Z-dna conformation. It is proposed that radiation-induced dna strand breaks markedly reduce the high activation energy barrier in the metal ion-driven B-Z conformation conversion and allow much smaller metal ion concentrations to induce this conversion than in the absence of strand breaks. the biological importance of such radiation-induced conformational changes is discussed in terms of the potential significance of the Z-dna conformation in the control of the dna transcription process.
the p53 status of a panel of 10 mouse lymphoid or myeloid cell lines was determined by immunoprecipitation with mutant- and wild-type-specific antibodies and was compared withthe radiation response of the lines. the ...
the p53 status of a panel of 10 mouse lymphoid or myeloid cell lines was determined by immunoprecipitation with mutant- and wild-type-specific antibodies and was compared withthe radiation response of the lines. the more rapidly dying cell lines all contained p53 displaying the wild-type epitope. By contrast, four of six more slowly dying cell lines contained either no or mutant p53 protein. It was of interest that radiation-induced apoptosis occurred, albeit at a considerable time after irradiation, in cells ostensibly lacking p53 protein. dna double-strand break (dsb) repair was examined in both a rapidly and more slowly dying cell line. the rapidly dying cell line was capable of dna dsb rejoining, however this repair was interrupted by postirradiation dna degradation.
An overview of the early processes initiated in dna by ionizing radiation is given from the perspective of studies done by solid-state EPR withthe focus on radical combination. Comparisons with free radical formation...
An overview of the early processes initiated in dna by ionizing radiation is given from the perspective of studies done by solid-state EPR withthe focus on radical combination. Comparisons with free radical formation and trapping in crystalline pyrimidines (1-methylcytosine, thymine, 1-methylthymine, 1-methyluracil, and cytosine monohydrate) provide insight into the processes occurring in dna. Between 25 and 50% of low LET ionizations in fully hydrated dna at 4K lead to trapped free radicals, the remaining unobserved radicals are assumed to have combined. the majority of the radicals trapped in dna at 4K (G similar to 0.3 mu mol/J) are believed to be in clusters. Based on the value of G, it is argued that the range of holes and bound electrons in dna at 4K are, in the main, limited to within the cluster diameter, similar to 4 nm. Proton transfer across hydrogen bonds promotes radical trapping and inhibits combination but is thermally reversible. Warming to room temperature mobilizes the reversibly trapped radicals and gives additional combination (50-80% of those trapped at 4K). the yield of free radicals, after anneal, is sufficient to account for the yield of single-strand breaks produced by direct effects.
Most radiation biologists believe that dna double-strand breaks are induced linearly with radiation dose for all. types of radiation. Since 1985, withthe advent of elution and gel electrophoresis techniques which per...
Most radiation biologists believe that dna double-strand breaks are induced linearly with radiation dose for all. types of radiation. Since 1985, withthe advent of elution and gel electrophoresis techniques which permit the measurement of dna double-strand breaks induced in mammalian cells at doses having radiobiological relevance, the true nature of the dose-effect relationship has been brought into some doubt. Many investigators measured curvilinear dose-effect relationships and a few found good correlations between the induction of the dna double-strand breaks and cell survival. We approach the problem pragmatically by assuming that the induction of dna double-strand breaks by I-125 Auger electron emitters incorporated into the dna of the cells is a linear function of the number of I-125 decays, and by comparing the dose-effect relationship for sparsely ionizing radiation against this standard. the conclusion drawn in that the curvilinear dose-effect relationships and the correlations with survival are real. the problem of why the dose-effect relationship is curvilinear when microdosimetric considerations predict that even for sparsely ionizing radiation energy deposition in and close to the Watson-Crick double helix should give a linear dose-effect relationship remains.
Many human genes involved in the repair of UV damage have been cloned using different procedures and they have been of great value in assisting the understanding of the mechanism of nucleotide excision-repair. Genes i...
Many human genes involved in the repair of UV damage have been cloned using different procedures and they have been of great value in assisting the understanding of the mechanism of nucleotide excision-repair. Genes involved in repair of ionizing- radiation damage have proved more difficult to isolate. Positional cloning has localized the XRCC5 gene to a small region of chromosome 2q33-35, and a series of yeast artificial chromosomes covering this region have been isolated. Very recent work has shown that the XRCC5 gene encodes the 80 kDa subunit of the Ku dna-binding protein. the Ku80 gene also maps to this region. Studies with fission yeast have shown that radiation sensitivity can result not only from defective dna repair but also from abnormal cell cycle control following dna damage. Several genes involved in this 'checkpoint' control in fission yeast have been isolated and characterized in detail. It is likely that a similar checkpoint control mechanism exists in human cells.
Most in the field of ionizing radiation damage to dna in frozen aqueous solutions agree that two major types of radical ions are formed, i.e.(.)G(+)/(.)A(+) and T-.(-)/C-.(-). the main evidence stems from EPR and stra...
Most in the field of ionizing radiation damage to dna in frozen aqueous solutions agree that two major types of radical ions are formed, i.e.(.)G(+)/(.)A(+) and T-.(-)/C-.(-). the main evidence stems from EPR and strand break studies. Fluid solutions exposed to laser light are known to give G(.+) and e(solv)(-) with low yields of single strand breaks. We have explored this contrast by photoionizing dna solutions at 77 K, in the expectation that this would prevent the formation of e(solv)(-) and hence that the results might be similar to those for high energy radiation. they are not: the results show only the formation of G(.)+ (or) A(.+)). the fate of the ejected electrons is unclear except for sodium perchlorate glasses when they react to give O-.-.
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