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Table 1 The ratio of unbound free DNA residue was determined by calculating the image intensity of free DNA fragments on an electrophoretic agarose gel after a VP1-DNA binding assay combining increasing amounts of recombinant GST-VP1 protein with certain DNA molecule conformations

From: Characterization of the DNA binding activity of structural protein VP1 from chicken anaemia virus

 

Concentrations of GST-VP1 protein (ng)

0

100

300

500

700

Open circular dsDNA (Form I)

100%

100%

100%

59.6%

11%

Supercoiled dsDNA (Form II)

100%

100%

82.6%

0%

0%

Linear dsDNA

100%

93.8%

84.7%

36.5%

0%

Linear ssDNA (−)

100%

92.9%

53.3%

0%

0%

M13 phage DNA

100%

90%

46.5%

0%

0%

  1. The lower ratios indicate a higher preference of the VP1 protein for specific DNA conformations. The equation used in this study is presented under the table