Figure 3.
Functional characterization of the TT linkers. (A) Structural superposition of the A-form complex with the EF dimer of the B-form complex, which is colored in yellow, blue, and red. The A-form complex is colored as in Fig. 1A. (B) Dimerization mediated by the TT linkers of the A-form structure. (C) Dimerization mediated by the TT linkers of the EF dimer of the B-form structure. (D) Stacking with the pseudo T-tetrad and tilting of the G-tetrad 1. (E) CD spectra analysis of the native and TT linker mutated TBAs. Except the mutations listed in the figure, the sequences of the mutants are identical to that of TBA.TBA (native or mutant) and Pb2+ concentrations are 10 μM and 50 μM, respectively. Structural figures were displayed using PyMOL (http://www.pymol.org/).