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Fojt L, Doneux T, Fojta M. Effects of halide anions on adsorption and 2D condensation of 5-fluorocytosine at hanging mercury drop electrode. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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CCTG tetranucleotide repeat expansion is associated with a hereditary neurological disease called myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2). The underlying reasons that lead to genetic instability and thus repeat expansion during DNA replication remains elusive. Here, we have shown CCTG repeats have a high propensity to form metastable hairpin and dumbbell structures using high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. When the repeat length is equal to three, a hairpin with a two-residue CT loop is formed. In addition to the hairpin, a dumbbell structure with two CT-loops is formed when the repeat length is equal to four. Nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) and chemical shift data reveal both the hairpin and dumbbell structures contain a flexible stem comprising a C-bulge and a T·T mismatch. With the aid of single-site mutation samples, NMR results show these peculiar structures undergo dynamic conformational exchange. In addition to the intrinsic flexibility in the stem region of these structures, the exchange process also serves as an origin of genetic instability that leads to repeat expansion during DNA replication. The structural features provide important drug target information for developing therapeutics to inhibit the expansion process and thus the onset of DM2.
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- Sik Lok Lam
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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Canalia M, Leroy JL. [5mCCTCTCTCC]4: an i-motif tetramer with intercalated T*T pairs. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 131:12870-1. [PMID: 19702299 DOI: 10.1021/ja903210t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The i-motif is a four-stranded structure built by intercalation in a head-to-tail orientation of two parallel duplexes associated by hemiprotonated C(*)C(+) pairs. T*T pairs are nearly isomorphic of C*C(+) pairs; however the structural investigations of i-motif tetramers containing thymidines suggest that the i-motif cannot accommodate T*T pairs in a face-to-face orientation. The tetramer of 5mCCTCTCTCC make an exception. It includes two symmetry related open/closed T3/T7 groups, but the central thymidines form two long-lived T5*T5 pairs that are intercalated in a face-to-face orientation. This observation provides indications of the origin of the conflict that usually hinders T*T intercalation into i-motif structures and more generally of the constraints influencing i-motif formation.
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- Muriel Canalia
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie Structurale, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 91190
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Qi SF, Wang XN, Yang ZZ, Xu XH. Effect of N7-Protonated Purine Nucleosides on Formation of C8 Adducts in Carcinogenic Reactions of Arylnitrenium Ions with Purine Nucleosides: A Quantum Chemistry Study. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:5645-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp811262x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Shi-Fei Qi
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People’s Republic of China, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People’s Republic of China, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People’s Republic of China, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, People’s Republic of China, and Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, People’s Republic of China
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Bacolla A, Collins JR, Gold B, Chuzhanova N, Yi M, Stephens RM, Stefanov S, Olsh A, Jakupciak JP, Dean M, Lempicki RA, Cooper DN, Wells RD. Long homopurine*homopyrimidine sequences are characteristic of genes expressed in brain and the pseudoautosomal region. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:2663-75. [PMID: 16714445 PMCID: PMC1464109 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Homo(purine*pyrimidine) sequences (R*Y tracts) with mirror repeat symmetries form stable triplexes that block replication and transcription and promote genetic rearrangements. A systematic search was conducted to map the location of the longest R*Y tracts in the human genome in order to assess their potential function(s). The 814 R*Y tracts with > or =250 uninterrupted base pairs were preferentially clustered in the pseudoautosomal region of the sex chromosomes and located in the introns of 228 annotated genes whose protein products were associated with functions at the cell membrane. These genes were highly expressed in the brain and particularly in genes associated with susceptibility to mental disorders, such as schizophrenia. The set of 1957 genes harboring the 2886 R*Y tracts with > or =100 uninterrupted base pairs was additionally enriched in proteins associated with phosphorylation, signal transduction, development and morphogenesis. Comparisons of the > or =250 bp R*Y tracts in the mouse and chimpanzee genomes indicated that these sequences have mutated faster than the surrounding regions and are longer in humans than in chimpanzees. These results support a role for long R*Y tracts in promoting recombination and genome diversity during evolution through destabilization of chromosomal DNA, thereby inducing repair and mutation.
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- Albino Bacolla
- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Center for Genome Research, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, Texas Medical Center2121 West Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
- Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Unit, Cardiff UniversityCardiff CF14 4XN, UK
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff UniversityHeath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, DNA Technologies Group, Biotechnology DivisionGaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Laboratory of Immunopathogenesis and Bioinformatics, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Unit, Cardiff UniversityCardiff CF14 4XN, UK
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff UniversityHeath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, DNA Technologies Group, Biotechnology DivisionGaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-FrederickFrederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Immunopathogenesis and Bioinformatics, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff UniversityHeath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 713 677 7651; Fax: +1 713 677 7689;
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Chiorcea Paquim AM, Oretskaya TS, Oliveira Brett AM. Adsorption of synthetic homo- and hetero-oligodeoxynucleotides onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite: atomic force microscopy characterization. Biophys Chem 2006; 121:131-41. [PMID: 16460874 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2005] [Revised: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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DNA adsorption on electrode surfaces is of fundamental interest for the development of DNA-based biosensors. The free adsorption of 10-mer synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surfaces was studied using Magnetic AC mode atomic force microscopy (MAC Mode AFM). The mechanism of interaction of nucleic acids with carbon electrode surfaces was elucidated, using 10-mer synthetic homo- and hetero-ODNs sequences of known base sequences, because they allow clear interpretation of the experimental data. AFM images in air revealed different adsorption patterns and degree of HOPG surface coverage for the ODNs, and correlation with the individual structure and base sequence of each ODN molecule will be presented. The results demonstrated that the hydrophobic interactions with the HOPG hydrophobic surface explain the main adsorption mechanism, although other effects such as electrostatic and Van der Waals interactions may contribute to the free adsorption process. The ODNs interacted differently with the HOPG surface, according to the ODN sequence hydrophobic characteristics, being directly depending on the molecular mass, the hydrophobic character of the individual bases and on the secondary structure of the molecule. The importance of the type of base existent at the ODN chain extremities on the adsorption process was investigated and different adsorption patterns were obtained with ODN sequences composed by the same group of bases aligned in a different order.
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- Ana-Maria Chiorcea Paquim
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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The i-motif is a four-stranded structure built by intercalation in head-to-tail orientation of two parallel duplexes associated by hemi-protonated C.C(+) pairs. Using NMR methods, we investigated the structure, the base-pair opening kinetics and the internal motions of three i-motif tetramers: [d(5mCCTCnTCC)](4) (n=1, 2, 3). These tetramers cannot accommodate the intercalation of two T.T pairs in face-to-face orientation. They are built by intercalation of two symmetrical duplexes whose contacting T3/TM thymidine bases (M=5, 6, 7) are either base-paired or unstacked. The arrangement of the unstacked/paired thymidine bases of the two T/T groups results in the formation of two different conformations. One, fully symmetric, whose thymidine bases T3 and TM are unstacked and base-paired respectively. The other is the asymmetric assembly of two duplexes: one where both thymidine bases are unstacked and the other with two T.T pairs. The proportion of the symmetric conformer increases from a value beyond the detection threshold for n=1, to 19% for n=2 and up to more than 95% for n=3. The exchange cross-peaks connecting together the intercalated duplexes of [d(5mCCTCTCC)](4) and [d(5mCCTCCTCC)](4) reveal a structural interconversion induced by the simultaneous opening/closing of the contacting T3/TM thymidine bases. In [d(5mCCTCCTCC)](4) the motion of the T3/T6 groups triggers the interconversion of the symmetric and asymmetric conformations. In [d(5mCCTCTCC)](4) the intercalated duplexes exchange their structures in an apparently concerted motion, suggesting the simultaneous opening/closing of two distant T3/T5* and T5/T3* switching groups. The spectrum of [d(5mCCTCCCTCC)](4) is fully symmetric and, for this reason, its spectrum gives no indication for duplex interconversion. Nevertheless, the imino proton exchange kinetics argues for a switching motion of the T3/T7 group. Duplex interconversion is not detectable in that case, due to the tetramer symmetry. The origin of the structural conflict hindering the intercalation of two T.T pairs into the i-motif is discussed.
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- Jean Louis Leroy
- Laboratoire de RMN à Haut Champ, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Ave de la Terrasse Bat 27, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Lupták A, Ferré-D'Amaré AR, Zhou K, Zilm KW, Doudna JA. Direct pK(a) measurement of the active-site cytosine in a genomic hepatitis delta virus ribozyme. J Am Chem Soc 2001; 123:8447-52. [PMID: 11525650 DOI: 10.1021/ja016091x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hepatitis delta virus ribozymes have been proposed to perform self-cleavage via a general acid/base mechanism involving an active-site cytosine, based on evidence from both a crystal structure of the cleavage product and kinetic measurements. To determine whether this cytosine (C75) in the genomic ribozyme has an altered pK(a) consistent with its role as a general acid or base, we used (13)C NMR to determine its microscopic pK(a) in the product form of the ribozyme. The measured pK(a) is moderately shifted from that of a free nucleoside or a base-paired cytosine and has the same divalent metal ion dependence as the apparent reaction pK(a)'s measured kinetically. However, under all conditions tested, the microscopic pK(a) is lower than the apparent reaction pK(a), supporting a model in which C75 is deprotonated in the product form of the ribozyme at physiological pH. While additional results suggest that the pK(a) is not shifted in the reactant state of the ribozyme, these data cannot rule out elevation of the C75 pK(a) in an intermediate state of the transesterification reaction.
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- A Lupták
- Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Geinguenaud F, Liquier J, Brevnov MG, Petrauskene OV, Alexeev YI, Gromova ES, Taillandier E. Parallel self-associated structures formed by T,C-rich sequences at acidic pH. Biochemistry 2000; 39:12650-8. [PMID: 11027145 DOI: 10.1021/bi000746+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oligonucleotides of nonregular heteropyrimidine sequences incorporating or not incorporating purine residues 5'-d(ACTCCCTTCTCCTCTCTA), 5'-d(ACTCCCTGGTCCTCTCTA), 5'-d(TCTCTCCTGGTCCCTCC), and 5'-d(TCTCTCCTCTTCCCTCC) can form self-associated parallel-stranded (ps) structures at pH 4-5.5. The ps structures were identified by studying at neutral and acidic pH UV melting transitions, FTIR spectra, and fluorescence of pyrene-labeled oligonucleotides as well as by chemical joining of 5'-phosphorylated oligonucleotides. A gel electrophoresis run for oligonucleotides 5'-d(TCTCTCCTCTTCCCTCC) and 5'-d(ACTCCCTTCTCCTCTCTA) has shown the formation of homoduplexes at low DNA strand concentrations. Ps structures are held by C-C(+) base pairs and have N- and S-types of sugar puckering as detected by FTIR spectroscopy in the millimolar concentration range. Guanine inserts as well as thymine and purine inserts into an oligomeric cytosine sequence make the formation of the tetraplex i-motif unfavorable. MvaI restriction endonuclease, which recognizes the CCT/AGG sequence in DNA, does not cleave parallel pseudosubstrates.
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- F Geinguenaud
- Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Biomoléculaire, UPRES-A CNRS 7031, UFR de Médecine, Université Paris Nord, F-93017 Bobigny Cedex, France
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Legault P, Pardi A. Unusual Dynamics and pKa Shift at the Active Site of a Lead-Dependent Ribozyme. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9640051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pascale Legault
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215
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Shiber MC, Braswell EH, Klump H, Fresco JR. Duplex-tetraplex equilibrium between a hairpin and two interacting hairpins of d(A-G)10 at neutral pH. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:5004-12. [PMID: 9016673 PMCID: PMC146359 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.24.5004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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d(A-G)10 forms two helical structures at neutrality, at low ionic strength a single-hairpin duplex, and at higher ionic strength a double-hairpin tetraplex. An ionic strength-dependent equilibrium between these forms is indicated by native PAGE, which also reveals additional single-stranded species below 0.3 M Na+, probably corresponding to partially denatured states. The equilibrium also depends upon oligomer concentration: at very low concentrations, d(A-G)10 migrates faster than the random coil d(C-T)10, probably because it is a more compact single hairpin; at high concentrations, it co-migrates with the linear duplex d(A-G)10 x d(C-T)10, probably because it is a two-hairpin tetraplex. Molecular weights measured by equilibrium sedimentation in 0.1 M Na+, pH 7, reveal a mixture of monomer and dimer species at 1 degree C, but only a monomer at 40 degrees C; in 0.6 M Na+, pH 7, only a dimer species is observed at 4 degrees C. That the single- and double-stranded species are hairpin helices, is indicated by preferential S1 nuclease cleavage at the center of the oligomer(s), i.e., the loop of the hairpin(s). The UV melting transition below 0.3 M Na+ or K+, exhibits a dTm/dlog[Na+/K+] of 33 or 36 degrees C, respectively, consistent with conversion of a two-hairpin tetraplex to a single-hairpin duplex with extrahelical residues. When [Na+/K+] > or = 0.3 M, dTm/dlog [Na+/K+] is 19 or 17 degrees C, respectively, consistent with conversion of a two-hairpin tetraplex directly to single strands. A two-hairpin structure stabilized by G-tetrads is indicated by differential scanning calorimetry in 0.15 M Na+/5 mM Mg2+, with deltaH of formation per mole of the two-hairpin tetraplex of -116.9 kcal or -29.2 kcal/mol of G-tetrad.
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- M C Shiber
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544-1014, USA
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In the years that have passed since the publication of Wolfram Saenger's classic book on nucleic acid structure (Saenger, 1984), a considerable amount of new data has been accumulated on the range of conformations which can be adopted by DNA. Many unusual species have joined the DNA zoo, including new varieties of two, three and four stranded helices. Much has been learnt about intrinsic DNA curvature, dynamics and conformational transitions and many types of damaged or deformed DNA have been investigated. In this article, we will try to summarise this progress, pointing out the scope of the various experimental techniques used to study DNA structure, and, where possible, trying to discern the rules which govern the behaviour of this subtle macromolecule. The article is divided into six major sections which begin with a general discussion of DNA structure and then present successively, B-DNA, DNA deformations, A-DNA, Z-DNA and DNARNA hybrids. An extensive set of references is included and should serve the reader who wishes to delve into greater detai.
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- B Hartmann
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Thibaudeau C, Plavec J, Chattopadhyaya J. Quantitation of the pD Dependent Thermodynamics of the N ⇄ S Pseudorotational Equilibrium of the Pentofuranose Moiety in Nucleosides Gives a Direct Measurement of the Strength of the Tunable Anomeric Effect and the pKa of the Nucleobase†. J Org Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jo951124a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C. Thibaudeau
- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Box 581, Biomedical Centre, University of Uppsala, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Box 581, Biomedical Centre, University of Uppsala, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Box 581, Biomedical Centre, University of Uppsala, S-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Lavelle L, Fresco JR. UV spectroscopic identification and thermodynamic analysis of protonated third strand deoxycytidine residues at neutrality in the triplex d(C(+)-T)6:[d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6]; evidence for a proton switch. Nucleic Acids Res 1995; 23:2692-705. [PMID: 7651830 PMCID: PMC307094 DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.14.2692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Near-UV difference spectral analysis of the triplex formed from d(C-T)6 and d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6 in neutral and acidic solution shows that the third strand dC residues are protonated at pH 7.0, far above their intrinsic pKa. Additional support for ion-dipole interactions between the third strand dC residues and the G.C target base pairs comes from reduced positive dependence of triplet stability on ionic strength below 0.9 M Na+, inverse dependence above 0.9 M Na+ and strong positive dependence on hydrogen ion concentration. Molecular modeling (AMBER) of C:G.C and C+:G.C base triplets with the third strand base bound in the Hoogsteen geometry shows that only the C+:G.C triplet is energetically feasible. van't Hoff analysis of the melting of the triplex and target duplex shows that between pH 5.0 and 8.5 in 0.15 M NaCl/0.005 M MgCl2 the enthalpy of melting (delta H degree obs) varies from 5.7 to 6.6 kcal.mol-1 for the duplex in a duplex mixture and from 7.3 to 9.7 kcal.mol-1 for third strand dissociation in the triplex mixture. We have extended the condensation-screening theory of Manning to pH-dependent third strand binding. In this development we explicitly include the H+ contribution to the electrostatic free energy and obtain [formula: see text]. The number of protons released in the dissociation of the third strand from the target duplex at pH 7.0, delta n2, is thereby calculated to be 5.5, in good agreement with approximately six third strand dc residues per mole of triplex. This work shows that when third strand binding requires protonated residues that would otherwise be neutral, triplex formation and dissociation are mediated by proton uptake and release, i.e., a proton switch. As a by-product of this study, we have found that at low pH the Watson-Crick duplex d(A-G)6.d(C-T)6 undergoes a transition to a parallel Hoogsteen duplex d(A-G)6.d(C(+)-T)6.
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- L Lavelle
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544-1014, USA
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Noonberg SB, François JC, Garestier T, Hélène C. Effect of competing self-structure on triplex formation with purine-rich oligodeoxynucleotides containing GA repeats. Nucleic Acids Res 1995; 23:1956-63. [PMID: 7596824 PMCID: PMC306969 DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.11.1956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Competition between triplex formation with double-stranded DNA and oligonucleotide self-association was investigated in 23mer GA and GT oligonucleotides containing d(GA)5 or d(GT)5 repeats. Whereas triplex formation with GT oligonucleotides was diminished when temperature increased from 4 to 37 degrees C, triplex formation with GA oligonucleotides was enhanced when temperature increased within the same range due to the presence of competing intermolecular GA oligonucleotide self-structure. This self-structure was determined to be a homoduplex stabilized by the internal GA repeats. UV spectroscopy of these homoduplexes demonstrated a single sharp transition with rapid kinetics (Tm = 38.5-43.5 degrees C over strand concentrations of 0.5-4 microM, respectively, with transition enthalpy, delta H = -89 +/- 7 kcal/mol) in 10 mM MgCl2, 100 mM NaCl, pH 7.0. Homoduplex formation was strongly stabilized by multivalent cations (spermine > Mg2+ = Ca2+) and destabilized by low concentrations of monovalent cations (K+ = Li+ = Na+) in the presence of divalent cations. However, unlike GA or GT oligonucleotide-containing triplexes, the homoduplex formed even in the absence of multivalent cations, stabilized by only moderate concentrations of monovalent cations (Li+ > Na+ > K+). Through the development of multiple equilibrium states and the resulting depletion of free oligonucleotide, it was found that the presence of competing self-structure could decrease triplex formation under a variety of experimental conditions.
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- S B Noonberg
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, INSERM Unité 201-CNRS UA 481, Paris, France
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Leroy JL, Guéron M. Solution structures of the i-motif tetramers of d(TCC), d(5methylCCT) and d(T5methylCC): novel NOE connections between amino protons and sugar protons. Structure 1995; 3:101-20. [PMID: 7743125 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00138-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND At slightly acid or even neutral pH, oligodeoxynucleotides that include a stretch of cytidines form a tetramer structure in which two parallel-stranded duplexes have their hemi-protonated C.C+ base pairs face-to-face and fully intercalated, in a so-called i-motif, first observed serendipitously in [d(TC5)]4. RESULTS A high-definition structure of [d(TCC)]4 was computed on the basis of inter-residue distances corresponding to 21 NOESY cross-peaks measured at short mixing times. A similarly defined structure of [d(5mCCT)]4 was also obtained. A small number of very characteristic (amino proton)-(sugar proton) cross-peaks entails the intercalation topology. The structure is generally similar to that of [d(TC5)]4. The sequence d(T5mCC) forms two tetramers in comparable proportions. The intercalation topologies are read off the two patterns of (amino proton)-(sugar proton) cross-peaks: one is the same as in the d(TCC) tetramer, the other has the intercalated strands shifted by one base, which avoids the steric hindrance between the methyl groups of the 5mC pairs of the two duplexes. CONCLUSIONS The structures obtained in this work and the procedures introduced to characterize them and to solve the problems linked to the symmetry of the structure provide tools for further exploring the conditions required for formation of the i-motif.
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- J L Leroy
- Groupe de Biophysique de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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The structures of the (C-T)n sequence at two different pHs have been analyzed by 500 MHz 2D-NMR using a modified DNA decamer d(CT[m5C]TCU[m5C]UCT) as a model system. The chemical modifications serve to perturb the monotonous C-T repeat, and consequently to yield a better chemical shift dispersion. The results reinforce our earlier suggestion that there are three major pH-dependent conformational species: two antiparallel-stranded (APS) duplexes at pH 7 and pH 3, and a different structure near pH 5. Structural refinement of the decamer duplexes at pH = 7.5 and pH = 2.9 using 2D-NOE data suggests that the C:T or C+:T base pairs are continuously stacked. Exchangeable proton NMR spectra at pH 7.5 and pH 2.9 are consistent with C:T or C+:T base pairing schemes in which a water molecule bridges the two bases.
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Affiliation(s)
- T N Jaishree
- Biophysics Division, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801
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