A robust method for determining DNA binding constants using capillary zone electrophoresis
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
10-1-1998
Abstract
Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE or CE) with online UV detection was utilized to measure the binding constants between purified calf thymus DNA and a library of designed tetrapeptides which had been constructed using unnatural amino acids with thiazole ring side chains. Mixtures containing a constant amount of a tetrapeptide, the neutral marker (mesityl oxide), and varying concentrations of DNA were prepared and equilibrated at 8°C for 12 h. CE was then utilized to separate unbound tetrapeptides from the DNA- peptide complex. The UV absorbance of the peak representing unbound tetrapeptide decreased incrementally as a result of increasing the concentration of DNA in the equilibrium mixture. The absorbance of the peak corresponding to the unbound tetrapeptide was obtained directly from the electropherogram and used in the calculation of the DNA-peptide binding constants. The binding constant for each tetrapeptide to calf thymus DNA was obtained from the negative slope of a Scatchard plot and a comparison of the binding constants for different peptides showed that the tetrapeptides in the library have DNA-binding affinities ranging from 102 to 106 M-1.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Analytical Biochemistry
Volume
263
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Li, Chunze, and Lenore M. Martin. "A robust method for determining DNA binding constants using capillary zone electrophoresis." Analytical Biochemistry 263, 1 (1998): 72-78. doi: 10.1006/abio.1998.2791.