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ArticleNucleic acids research2002

Complete disproportionation of duplex poly(dT)*poly(dA) into triplex poly(dT)*poly(dA)*poly(dT) and poly(dA) by coralyne.

Matjaz Polak, Nicholas V Hud

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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Matjaz PolakSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA.
Nicholas V Hud

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Controlling DNA Condensation In VitroR01GM062873 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HUD, NICHOLAS V. · 2001 to 2005
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NIGMS NIH HHS GM62873NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062873
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coralyne is a small crescent-shaped molecule known to intercalate duplex and triplex DNA. We report that coralyne can cause the complete and irreversible disproportionation of duplex poly(dT)*poly(dA). That is, coralyne causes the strands of duplex poly(dT)*poly(dA) to repartition into equal molar equivalents of triplex poly(dT)*poly(dA)*poly(dT) and poly(dA). Poly(dT)*poly(dA) will remain as a duplex for months after the addition of coralyne, if the sample is maintained at 4 degrees C. However, disproportionation readily occurs upon heating above 35 degrees C and is not reversed by subsequent cooling. A titration of poly(dT)*poly(dA) with coralyne reveals that disproportionation is favored by as little as one molar equivalent of coralyne per eight base pairs of initial duplex. We have also found that poly(dA) forms a self-structure in the presence of coralyne with a melting temperature of 47 degrees C, for the conditions of our study. This poly(dA) self-structure binds coralyne with an affinity that is comparable with that of triplex poly(dT)*poly(dA)*poly(dT). A Job plot analysis reveals that the maximum level of poly(dA) self-structure intercalation is 0.25 coralyne molecules per adenine base. This conforms to the nearest neighbor exclusion principle for a poly(dA) duplex structure with A*A base pairs. We propose that duplex disproportionation by coralyne is promoted by both the triplex and the poly(dA) self-structure having binding constants for coralyne that are greater than that of duplex poly(dT)*poly(dA).

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Base PairingBerberine AlkaloidsCircular DichroismDNAKineticsModels, ChemicalNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid DenaturationPoly APoly dA-dTPolydeoxyribonucleotidesTemperatureBerberine AlkaloidscoralyneDNAPoly Apoly(dA)Poly dA-dTpoly(dA)(poly(dT))2Polydeoxyribonucleotidestriplex DNA

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PMID11842110
PMCPMC100348

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