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. 1995 Oct 11;23(19):3850–3857. doi: 10.1093/nar/23.19.3850

Hairpins in a DNA site for topoisomerase II studied by 1H- and 31P-NMR.

A Amir-Aslani 1, O Mauffret 1, P Bittoun 1, F Sourgen 1, M Monnot 1, E Lescot 1, S Fermandjian 1
PMCID: PMC307301  PMID: 7479027

Abstract

1H- and 31P-NMR and UV-absorption studies were carried out with the oligonucleotide strands d(AGCT-TATC-ATC-GATAAGCT) (-ATC-) and d(AGCTTATC-GAT-GATAAGCT) (-GAT-) contained in the strongest and salt resistant cleavage site for topoisomerase II in pBR322 DNA. We found that the two oligonucleotides were stabilized under a hairpin structure characterized by a eight base pair stem and a three base loop at low DNA and salt concentrations. In such experimental conditions, only the -GAT- oligonucleotide displayed a partial homoduplex structure in slow equilibrium with its folded structure. Temperature dependencies of imino protons showed that the partial homoduplex of -GAT- melted at a lower temperature than the hairpin structure. It was suggested that the appearance of the partial homoduplex in -GAT- is related to the formation of two stabilizing (G.T) mismatched base pairs in the central loop of this structure. Finally, it was inferred from the dispersion of chemical shifts in the 31P-NMR spectra that the distortions affecting the backbone of the hairpin loop are larger in the case of -ATC- compared with -GAT-. At the same time NOEs proved that the base stacking was stronger within the loop of the -ATC- hairpin.

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