Conformational properties of DNA dodecamers containing four tandem repeats of the CNG triplets
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
9592154
PubMed Central
PMC147616
DOI
10.1093/nar/26.11.2679
PII: gkb447
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- MeSH
- Sodium Chloride MeSH
- Circular Dichroism MeSH
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MeSH
- Nucleic Acid Conformation * MeSH
- Osmolar Concentration MeSH
- Trinucleotide Repeats * MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Sodium Chloride MeSH
We studied DNA dodecamers (CAG)4, (CCG)4, (CGG)4 and (CTG)4by CD spectroscopy and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Each dodecamer adopted several ordered conformers which denatured in a cooperative way. Stability of the conformers depended on the dodecamer concentration, ionic strength, temperature and pH. The dodecamers, having a pyrimidine base in the triplet center, generated foldbacks at low ionic strength whose stem conformations were governed by the GC pairs. At high salt, (CCG)4 isomerized into a peculiar association of two strands. The association was also promoted by high oligonucleotide concentrations. No similar behavior was exhibited by (CTG)4. At low salt, (CGG)4 coexisted in two bimolecular conformers whose populations were strongly dependent on the ionic strength. In addition, (CGG)4 associated into a tetraplex at acidic pH. A tetraplex was even observed at neutral pH if the (CGG)4 concentration was sufficiently high. (CAG)4 was very stable in a monomolecular conformer similar to the known extremely stable foldback of the (GCGAAGC) heptamer. Nevertheless, even this very stable conformer disappeared if (CTG)4 was added to the solution of (CAG)4. Association of the complementary strands was also strongly preferred to the particular strand conformations by the other couple, (CCG)4 and (CGG)4.
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