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ArticleNucleic acids research2005

i-motif solution structure and dynamics of the d(AACCCC) and d(CCCCAA) tetrahymena telomeric repeats.

Narcisse Esmaili, Jean Louis Leroy

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Are i-Motif Structures in DNA Compatible with Cytosine-Ag(I)-Cytosine Base Pairs?Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  6. Dynamics Studies of DNA with Non-canonical Structure Using NMR Spectroscopy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  7. A DNA G-quadruplex/i-motif hybrid.Nucleic acids research · 2019
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  9. Base-pair Opening Dynamics of Nucleic Acids in Relation to Their Biological Function.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2019
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2 authors.

Narcisse EsmailiLaboratoire de RMN à Haut Champ, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91198, France.
Jean Louis Leroy

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using NMR methods, we have resolved the i-motif structures formed by d(AACCCC) and by d(CCCCAA), two versions of the DNA sequence repeated in the telomeric regions of the C-rich strand of tetrahymena chromosomes. Both oligonucleotides form fully symmetrical i-motif tetramers built by intercalation of two hemiprotonated duplexes containing four C*C+ pairs. The structures are extremely stable. In the tetramer of d(AACCCC), the outermost C*C+ pairs are formed by the cytidines of the 5' ends of the cytidine tracts. A2 forms an A2*A2 (H6trans-N7) pair stacked to C3*C3+ and cross-strand stacked to A1. At 0 degrees C, the lifetimes of the hemiprotonated pairs range from 1 ms for the outermost pair to approximately 1 h for the innermost pairs. The tetramer of d(CCCCAA) adopts two distinct intercalation topologies in slow conformational exchange. One, whose outermost C*C+ pairs are built by the cytidines of the 5' end and the other by those of the 3' end. In both topologies, the adenosine bases are fairly well stacked to the adjacent C*C+ pairs. They are not paired but form symmetrical pseudo-pairs with their H6cis amino proton and N1 nitrogen pointing towards each other.

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Models, MolecularAdenineAnimalsBase PairingCrystallography, X-RayDNAG-QuadruplexesKineticsNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularNucleic Acid ConformationProtonsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidTelomereTetrahymenaAdenineDNAProtons

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PMID15647504
PMCPMC546148

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