Abstract:
:Telomeric guanine-rich sequence can adopt quadruplex structures that are important for their biological role in chromosomal stabilisation. G quartets are characterised by the cyclic hydrogen bonding of four guanine bases in a coplanar arrangement and their stability is ion-dependent. In this work we compare the stability of [d(TGGGT)](4) and [d(T*GGGT)](4) quadruplexes. The last one contains a modified thymine, where the hydroxyl group substitutes one hydrogen atom of the methyl group of the thymine in the [d(TGGGT)](4) sequence. We used a combination of spectroscopic, calorimetric and computational techniques to characterise the G-quadruplex formation. NMR and CD spectra of [d(T*GGGT)](4) were characteristic of parallel-stranded, tetramolecular quadruplex. CD and DSC melting experiments reveal that [d(T*GGGT)](4) is less stable that unmodified quadruplex. Molecular models suggest possible explanation for the observed behaviour.
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Int J Biol Macromoljournal_title
International journal of biological macromoleculesauthors
Petraccone L,Erra E,Nasti L,Galeone A,Randazzo A,Mayol L,Barone G,Giancola Cdoi
10.1016/s0141-8130(02)00073-9keywords:
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2003-01-15 00:00:00pages
131-7issue
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1879-0003pii
S0141813002000739journal_volume
31pub_type
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