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. 1984 Jun 25;12(12):5061–5078. doi: 10.1093/nar/12.12.5061

Proton NMR study and conformational analysis of d(CGT), d(TCG) and d(CGTCG) in aqueous solution. The effect of a dangling thymidine and of a thymidine mismatch on DNA mini-duplexes.

J R Mellema, R van der Woerd, G A van der Marel, J H van Boom, C Altona
PMCID: PMC318900  PMID: 6739297

Abstract

Proton NMR studies of d(CGT), d(TCG) and d(CGTCG) were carried out at 300 and 500 MHz. The temperature and concentration dependence of the chemical shifts of various resonances indicates duplex formation only in the cases of d(TCG) and d(CGTCG). It is concluded that d(TCG) forms a mini-duplex stabilized by a 5'-dangling thymine base. Thermodynamic parameters of the duplex-to-coil equilibrium of the d(TCG) duplex are: delta H0 = -22.3 kcal/mol and delta S0 = -70 cal/mol. K, which correspond to approximately 40% duplex formation at 0 degrees C in a 2 mM nucleotide solution. Comparison of these data with thermodynamic parameters given earlier [Borer, P.N., Dengler, B., Tinoco, I. and Uhlenbeck, O.C. (1974) J. Mol. Biol. 86, 843-853] leads to the conclusion that the dangling base stabilization observed here is approximately equivalent to the stabilization caused by one or two additional A . T base pairs. The chemical shift behaviour of various resonances in d(CGTCG) indicates duplex formation without looping out of the thymine bases. The T X T mismatch does not seem to disturb the helical structure to a large extent. Analysis of the vicinal proton-proton coupling constants of the three compounds yielded geometrical data for the sugar rings. The data are interpreted in terms of N and S pseudorotational ranges. It is shown that a distinct conformation-transmission effect is exerted by the guanosine residues in a 5'----3' direction.

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