Probing the statistics of sequence-dependent DNA conformations in solution using SAXS

Heidar Koning.

SASDT72 – GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligonucleotide

GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo
MWexperimental 33 kDa
MWexpected 37 kDa
VPorod 101 nm3
log I(s) 4.79×10-3 4.79×10-4 4.79×10-5 4.79×10-6
GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo Guinier plot ln 4.80×10-3 Rg: 4.7 nm 0 (4.7 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo Kratky plot 1.104 0 3 sRg
p(r)
GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo pair distance distribution function Rg: 5.6 nm 0 Dmax: 20.7 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo DAMMIN model

Data was collected at the SAXS/WAXS beam line at the Australian Synchrotron (Melbourne, Australia) using a Pilatus3 S 2M detector at a sample-detector distance of 2.68 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.107812 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). In-line size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) SAS was employed. The SEC parameters were as follows: A 50 μl sample at 2.587 mg/ml was injected onto a GE Superdex 200 5/150 column at 25°C using 150 mM KCl, 20 mM HEPES (pH 7.4), 5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, 5% glycerol buffer. 400 successive 1 second frames were collected. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.

This is the 60 bp GAGE6 oligo from Lee et al (2015); Wang et al (2022) which reportedly binds SFPQ. SAXS analysis indicates some degree of curvature which is likely due to the presence of multiple AT repeat regions in the sequence.

GAGE6 60bp dsDNA oligo (GAGE6 oligo)
Mol. type   DNA
Organism   Homo sapiens
Olig. state   Monomer
Mon. MW   37.1 kDa
Sequence   FASTA