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BIOPOLYMERS
Volume 93, Issue 12, Pages 1023-1038Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/bip.21515
Keywords
hexamer DNA topology; diffusion NMR; thermodynamics; molecular modeling; tandem mismatch
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- Royal Society
- University of Strathclyde [RDF1477]
- Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
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The entire family of noncomplementary hexamer oligodeoxyribonucleotides d(GCXYGC) (X and Y = A, G, C, or T) were assessed for topological indicators and equilibrium thermodynamics using a priori molecular modeling and solution phase NMR spectroscopy. Feasible modeled hairpin structures formed a basis from which solution structure and equilibria for each oligonucleotide were considered. (1)H and (31)P variable temperature-dependent (VT) and concentration-dependent NMR data, NMR signal assignments, and diffusion parameters led to d(GCGAGC) and d(GCGGGC) being understood as exceptions within the family in terms of self-association and topological character. A mean diffusion coefficient D(298) (K) = (2.0 +/- 0.07) X 10(-10) m(2) s(-1) was evaluated across all hexamers except for d(GCGAGC) (D(298 K) = 1.7 X 10(-10) m(2) s(-1)) and d(GCGGGC) (D(298 K) = 1.2 x 10(-10) m(2) s(-1)). Melting under VT analysis (T(m) = 323 K) combined with supporting NMR evidence confirmed d(GCGAGC) as the shortest tandem sheared GA mismatched duplex. Diffusion measurements were used to conclude that cl(GCGGGC) preferentially exists as the shortest stable quadruplex structure. Thermodynamic analysis of all data led to the assertion that, with the exception of XY = GA and GG, the remaining noncomplementary oligonucleotides adopt equilibria between monomer and duplex, contributed largely by monomer random-coil forms. Contrastingly, d(GCGAGC) showed preference for tandem sheared GA mismatch duplex formation with an association constant K = 3.9 X 10(5) M(-1). No direct evidence was acquired for hairpin formation in any instance although its potential existence is considered possible for d(GCGAGC) on the basis of molecular modeling studies. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers 93: 1023-1038, 2010.
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