8RW2
Structure of a chair-type antiparallel quadruplex-duplex hybrid at pH 6
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Summary for 8RW2
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb8rw2/pdb |
| NMR Information | BMRB: 34895 |
| Descriptor | DNA (33-MER) (1 entity in total) |
| Functional Keywords | acidic ph, antiparallel, dna, g-quadruplex, quadruplex-duplex hybrid |
| Biological source | synthetic construct |
| Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
| Total formula weight | 10389.65 |
| Authors | Vianney, Y.M.,Weisz, K. (deposition date: 2024-02-02, release date: 2024-03-27, Last modification date: 2024-06-05) |
| Primary citation | Vianney, Y.M.,Jana, J.,Weisz, K. A pH-Responsive Topological Switch Based on a DNA Quadruplex-Duplex Hybrid. Chemistry, 30:e202400722-e202400722, 2024 Cited by PubMed Abstract: A guanine-rich oligonucleotide based on a human telomeric sequence but with the first three-nucleotide intervening stretch replaced by a putative 15-nucleotide hairpin-forming sequence shows a pH-dependent folding into different quadruplex-duplex hybrids in a potassium containing buffer. At slightly acidic pH, the quadruplex domain adopts a chair-type conformation. Upon increasing the pH, a transition with a midpoint close to neutral pH to a major and minor (3+1) hybrid topology with either a coaxially stacked or orthogonally oriented duplex stem-loop occurs. NMR-derived high-resolution structures reveal that an adenine protonation is prerequisite for the formation of a non-canonical base quartet, capping the outer G-tetrad at the quadruplex-duplex interface and stabilizing the antiparallel chair conformation in an acidic environment. Being directly associated with interactions at the quadruplex-duplex interface, this unique pH-dependent topological transition is fully reversible. Coupled with a conformation-sensitive optical readout demonstrated as a proof of concept using the fluorescent dye thiazole orange, the present quadruplex-duplex hybrid architecture represents a potentially valuable pH-sensing system responsive in a physiological pH range of 7±1. PubMed: 38497675DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400722 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | SOLUTION NMR |
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