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. 1992 Feb 11;20(3):415–419. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.3.415

The role of a minor groove spine of hydration in stabilizing poly(dA).poly(dT) against fluctuational interbase H-bond disruption in the premelting temperature regime.

Y Z Chen 1, E W Prohofsky 1
PMCID: PMC310401  PMID: 1741275

Abstract

Experimental estimates of the premelting Adenine-Thymine base pair opening probability for some B-DNA sequences are two orders of magnitude smaller than those of other B-DNA sequences. The AT pairs in the sequence with smaller open probability seem to be those that have a well defined spine of hydration in the minor groove. We show that this spine of hydration can significantly enhance the thermal stability of the base pairs to which they are attached. The effect of this spine of hydration coupled with the possible stabilization effect contributed from neighboring GC pairs can explain the differences in the observed AT pair opening probability for different AT containing B-DNA sequences.

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