NMR structural analysis of Sleeping Beauty transposase binding to DNA.

ABSTRACT: The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon is the most widely used DNA transposon in genetic applications and is the only DNA transposon thus far in clinical trials for human gene therapy. In the absence of atomic level structural information, the development of SB transposon relied primarily on the biochemical and genetic homology data. While these studies were successful and have yielded hyperactive transposases, structural information is needed to gain a mechanistic understanding of transposase activity and guides to further improvement. We have initiated a structural study of SB transposase using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy to investigate the properties of the DNA-binding domain of SB transposase in solution. We show that at physiologic salt conce

SUBMITTER: Carpentier CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3892296 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature