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. 2013 Apr 28;2013:867957. doi: 10.1155/2013/867957

Table 3.

Thermodynamic parameters obtained from differential scanning calorimetry for replication relevant DNA architectures containing individual 3′ and 5′ overhangs, a terminal phosphate, and presence of both an overhang and phosphate. The presence of a 3′ or 5′ phosphate (PO4), hydroxyl (OH) and a 6 mer overhang is indicated as an “X” or “Y” in the core dsDNA sequences.

ID Base Sequence T m (°C) ΔH DSC
(kcal/mol)
ΔH vH
(kcal/mol)
ΔS
(cal/mol∗K)
ΔG 25 (kcal/mol) ΔT m (°C) ΔΔH DSC
(kcal/mol)
ΔΔS
(cal/mol∗K)
ΔΔG 25
(kcal/mol)
1 5′-CGCAACCTGAAAX
3′-GCGTTGGACTTTY
1G X = OH Y = OH 60.91 ± 0.10 −77.28 ± 0.82 −62.39 ± 0.29 −231.4 ± 2.5 −8.34 ± 0.07
1H X = OH Y = PO4 60.62 ± 0.05 −74.67 ± 0.21 −62.34 ± 0.11 −223.7 ± 0.7 −8.01 ± 0.02 −0.29a +2.61a +7.7a +0.33a
1I X = AAAAAA Y = OH 59.01 ± 0.05 −70.93 ± 0.12 −63.90 ± 0.08 −213.6 ± 0.4 −7.29 ± 0.01 −1.90b +6.35b +17.8b +1.05b
1J X = AAAAAA Y = PO4 57.79 ± 0.02 −80.85 ± 0.39 −60.66 ± 0.12 −244.3 ± 1.2 −8.05 ± 0.04 −2.83b −6.18b −20.6b −0.04b
−1.22a −9.92a −30.7a −0.76a
1K X = GACTGT Y = OH 58.72 ± 0.07 −73.83 ± 0.40 −61.58 ± 0.07 −222.5 ± 1.2 −7.53 ± 0.05 −2.19b +3.45b +8.9b +0.81b
1L X = GACTGT Y = PO4 58.16 ± 0.03 −74.32 ± 0.73 −62.22 ± 0.36 −224.3 ± 2.2 −7.47 ± 0.07 −2.46b +0.35b −0.6b +0.54b
−0.56a −0.49a −1.8a +0.06a
2 5′-GCGTTGGACTTTX
3′-CGCAACCTGAAAY
2G X = OH Y = OH 61.88 ± 0.08 −88.31 ± 0.44 −61.38 ± 0.34 −263.6 ± 1.4 −9.76 ± 0.03
2H X = PO4 Y = OH 61.37 ± 0.05 −86.31 ± 0.65 −59.81 ± 0.36 −258.0 ± 1.9 −9.42 ± 0.08 −0.51a +2.00a +5.6a +0.34a
2I X = OH Y = AAAAAA 61.04 ± 0.02 −88.48 ± 0.36 −68.32 ± 0.11 −264.8 ± 1.1 −9.58 ± 0.04 −0.84b −0.17b −1.2b +0.18b
2J X = PO4 Y = AAAAAA 60.15 ± 0.13 −81.38 ± 0.15 −68.64 ± 0.16 −244.2 ± 0.4 −8.62 ± 0.04 −1.22b +4.93b +13.8b +0.80b
−0.89a +7.10a +20.6a +0.96a
2K X = OH Y = GACTGT 60.37 ± 0.01 −90.36 ± 0.50 −64.46 ± 0.33 −270.9 ± 1.5 −9.62 ± 0.06 −1.51b −2.05b −7.3b +0.14b
2L X = PO4 Y = GACTGT 59.88 ± 0.07 −84.91 ± 0.30 −65.66 ± 0.20 −255.0 ± 0.9 −8.93 ± 0.04 −1.49b +1.40b +3.0b +0.49b
−0.49a +5.45a +15.9a +0.69a

aIndicates the effects introduced by an individual phosphate. ΔΔH DSC, ΔΔS, and ΔΔG 25 were determined by subtracting substrate G from H, I from J, and K from L. bIndicates the effects introduced by an individual overhang. ΔΔH DSC, ΔΔS, and ΔΔG 25 were determined by subtracting substrate G from I, G from K, H from J, and H from L.