Molecular modelling studies of four stranded quadruplexes containing a 3'-3' or 5'-5' inversion of polarity site

Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2007;26(8-9):1139-43. doi: 10.1080/15257770701521888.

Abstract

Recently we reported a preliminary study on the structure of two novel quadruplex structures, Q33 and Q55, formed by the oligodeoxynucleotides (5)'TGG(3)'-(3)'GGT(5)' and (3)'TGG(5)'-(5)'GGT(3)', respectively. Here we report their solution structures at the atomic level. The obtained structures reveal that Q55 and Q33 possess a different stacking among G-quartets and different twist angle (and therefore different helical winding) at the inversion of polarity level.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / chemistry*
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Oligodeoxyribonucleotides