Effect of magnesium ions on heat denaturation of DNA

The dependence of animal DNA denaturation on magnesium ion concentration has been studied in the range (10(-6)--10(-1) M with sodium ion content of 10(-3) and 10(-2) M. Special attention has been given to the effect of multivalent metallic impurities bound to DNA. An increase of DNA thermal stabilit...

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Published inMolekuliarnaia biologiia Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 748
Main Authors Blagoĭ, Iu P, Sorokin, V A, Valeev, V A, Khomenko, S A, Gladchenko, G O
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.07.1977
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DNA
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Hot Temperature
Magnesium - pharmacology
Nucleic Acid Denaturation - drug effects
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The dependence of animal DNA denaturation on magnesium ion concentration has been studied in the range (10(-6)--10(-1) M with sodium ion content of 10(-3) and 10(-2) M. Special attention has been given to the effect of multivalent metallic impurities bound to DNA. An increase of DNA thermal stability has been shown to occur in the magnesium concentration rage of 10(-6)--10(-4) M. At concentrations exceeding 10(-3) M the T M begins to decrease. The dependence of the DNA melting range on magnesium ion concentration has a maximum at approximately 10(-5) M Mg2+. At low magnesium and sodium ion concentrations a strong asymmetry of the melting curves has been observed. This effect can be described in terms of the melting theory for DNA complexed with small molecules and is explained by magnesium ion redistribution from the denatured portions of DNA to native ones. The method for calculation of melting curves in the DNA-ligand system has been proposed. Studies of thermal denaturation parameters have been shown to be an effective method for the estimation of binding constants of ligands to native and denatured DNA.
ISSN:0026-8984