Coaxial stacking of helixes enhances binding of oligoribonucleotides and improves predictions of RNA folding - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Coaxial stacking of helixes enhances binding of oligoribonucleotides and improves predictions of RNA folding

A E Walter et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994.

Abstract

An RNA model system consisting of an oligomer binding to a 4-nt overhang at the 5' end of a hairpin stem provides thermodynamic parameters for helix-helix interfaces. In a sequence-dependent manner, oligomers bind up to 1000-fold more tightly adjacent to the hairpin stem than predicted for binding to a free tetramer at 37 degrees C. For the interface (/) in [formula: see text] additional free energy change, delta delta G 37 degrees, for binding is roughly the nearest-neighbor delta G 37 degrees for propagation of an uninterrupted helix of equivalent sequence, CGGC. When X and Z are omitted, the delta delta 37 degrees is even more favorable by approximately 1 kcal/mol (1 cal = 4.184J). On average, predictions of 11 RNA secondary structures improve from 67 to 74% accuracy by inclusion of similar stacking contributions.

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