Abstract
Several DNA fragments deriving from plasmid pBR322 were used to determine the modification sites caused by the reaction with alkylating spin-labeling probes. At a high spin-label concentration, all guanines became alkylated, causing the cleavage of the phosphodiester bonds upon the treatment with piperidine. The lengths of the breakage products of 5′-end labeled DNA treated with spin labels were compared with the length of DNA scission products generated by Maxam-Gilbert procedure for DNA sequence analysis. The distribution of the guanine modifications is dependent on the amount of the reagent used for the alkylation and the ionic conditions of the reaction. The frequency of alkylation by spin labels was greatly enhanced within continuous runs of guanines in DNA. The stabilization of the DNA structure by magnesium or spermine directs the spin-label binding specifically to the most exposed region of DNA fragment containing GGTGG sequence. The sequence-dependent interaction of spin labels with DNA enables the development of the method for the selective spin labeling of DNA molecule.
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