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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 113, 期 1, 页码 9-11出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp808526d
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- National Science Foundation and a GAANN Fellowship [MCB-0315746, MCB-0616005]
A combination of spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques is used to investigate the unfolding of two G-quadruplexes: d(G(2)U(2)G(2)UGUG(2)U(2)G(2)), G2-U, and d(G(2)T(2)G(2)TGTG(2)T(2)G(2)), G2. The comparisons of their thermodynamic data allow us to elucidate the role of methylation on the energetic and hydration properties accompanying their stable formation. The favorable formation of each G-quadruplex results from the characteristic enthalpy-entropy compensation, uptake of ions, and release of water molecules. The loops of G2-U and G2 contribute favorably to their formation, and the absence of methyl groups stabilizes the G-quadruplex. The unfolding of G2-U produces a larger Delta V, indicating a difference in the hydration states of the two oligonucleotides, while the opposite signs between Delta Delta G degrees with the Delta Delta V suggest that the differential hydration reflects structural, or hydrophobic, water is involved in the unfolding of G-quadruplexes.
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