1evm

NMR OBSERVATION OF A-TETRAD

spinqualitylabelsall models 1evm, 8 NMR models Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1evm is a 4 chain structure. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed The structure of the telomeric DNA has been a subject of extensive investigation in recent years due to the realization that it has important functional roles to play in vivo and the observations that truncated telomeric sequences exhibit a great variety of 3D structures in aqueous solutions. In this context, we describe here NMR structural studies on two truncated human telomeric DNA sequences, d-AG(3)T and d-TAG(3)T in solutions containing K(+)ions. The G(3)stretches in both the oligonucleotides were seen to form parallel-stranded quadruplexes. However, the AG(3)segment as a whole, had different structural characteristics. The structure of d-AG(3)T revealed the formation of a novel A-tetrad, which was not seen in d-TAG(3)T. The A's in the tetrad had syn glycosidic conformation as opposed to the anti conformation of the G's in the G-tetrads. The A-tetrad stacked well over the adjacent G-tetrad and the twist angle at this step was smaller in d-AG(3)T than in d-TAG(3)T. These observations are expected to be significant from the point of view of structural diversity and recognition in telomeres. NMR studies on truncated sequences of human telomeric DNA: observation of a novel A-tetrad.,Patel PK, Koti AS, Hosur RV Nucleic Acids Res. 1999 Oct 1;27(19):3836-43. PMID:10481022 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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