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Effect of the peptide bronchogen (Ala-Asp-Glu-Leu) on DNA thermostability
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This in vitro biochemical study (calf thymus and mouse liver DNA) examined the effect of the peptide bronchogen (Ala-Asp-Glu-Leu) on DNA thermostability using differential scanning microcalorimetry. Bronchogen was reported to act as a DNA-stabilizing agent, increasing the melting temperature of DNA from calf thymus and mouse liver by 3.1°C over a narrow bronchogen-to-DNA molar ratio range (r = 0.01-0.055), with no further change at higher ratios. Melting enthalpy remained unchanged across r = 0.01-1.0, measured at 11.4 cal/g for thymus DNA and 12.7 cal/g for mouse liver DNA. The authors concluded bronchogen is not adenine-thymine- or guanine-cytosine-specific, describing its DNA binding as strong, occasional, and involving both strands, mainly at nitrogen bases.
Abstract
Thermodynamic parameters of DNA melting in the presence of a peptide bronchogen in various concentrations were estimated on a differential scanning microcalorimeter. Bronchogen was shown to serve as a DNA-stabilizing agent. Bronchogen increased the melting temperature of DNA from calf thymus and mouse liver by 3.1°C in a narrow range of r (molar ratio of bronchogen/DNA b.p., 0.01-0.055). A further increase in r was not accompanied by changes in the melting temperature. The complex melting enthalpy (ΔH(melt)) remained unchanged in this range of r (0.01-1.0). ΔH(melt) for DNA from the thymus and mouse liver was 11.4 and 12.7 cal/g, respectively. Our results indicate that bronchogen is not an adenine-thymine-specific or guanine-cytosine-specific ligand. The type of binding is considered as strong and occasional. The binding occurs with both strands of DNA (mainly with nitrogen bases).
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