Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to examine the binding properties of the DNA-binding protein ORF80 to DNA. ORF80 is a 9.5 kDa protein that binds site-specifically to double-stranded DNA of the sequence TTAA-N(7)-TTAA. Direct sizing of the protein complexes on DNA fragments from the plasmid pRN1 with AFM shows that the protein ORF80 binds preferentially to two positions. These positions agree well with the ORF80 binding sites determined by footprinting analysis. The measurements allow an estimate of the stoichiometry of the DNA-protein complexes. In contrast to previous results, the single-molecule experiments suggest that only a low number of ORF80 molecules bind to a DNA-binding site.
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