Structural properties of the [d(G3T4G3)]2 quadruplex: evidence for sequential syn-syn deoxyguanosines - PubMed (original) (raw)
Structural properties of the [d(G3T4G3)]2 quadruplex: evidence for sequential syn-syn deoxyguanosines
G D Strahan et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 1994.
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Abstract
Two-dimensional 1H NMR studies on the dimeric hairpin quadruplex formed by d(G3T4G3) in the presence of either NaCl or KCl are presented. In the presence of either salt, the quadruplex structure is characterized by half the guanine nucleosides in the syn conformation about the glycosidic bond, the other half in the anti conformation, as reported for other similar sequences. However, 1H NOESY and 1H-31P heteronuclear correlation experiments demonstrate that the deoxyguanosines do not strictly alternate between syn and anti along individual strands. Thus we find the following sequences with regard to glycosidic bond conformation: 5'-G1SG2SG3AT4AT5A-T6AT7AG8SG9AG10A-3' and 5'-G11SG12AG13AT14AT1 5AT16AT17AG18SG19SG20A-3', where S and A denote syn and anti, respectively. This represents the first experimental evidence for a nucleic acid structure containing two sequential nucleosides in the syn conformation. The stacking interactions of the resulting quadruplex quartets and their component bases have been evaluated using unrestrained molecular dynamics calculations and energy component analysis. These calculations suggest that the sequential syn-syn/anti-anti and syn-anti quartet stacks are almost equal in energy, whereas the anti-syn stack, which is not present in our structure, is energetically less favorable by about 4 kcal/mol. Possible reasons for this energy difference and its implications for the stability of quadruplex structures are discussed.
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