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ArticleNucleic acids research2016

G-register exchange dynamics in guanine quadruplexes.

Robert W Harkness, Anthony K Mittermaier

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Diversity of Parallel Guanine Quadruplexes Induced by Guanine Substitutions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert W HarknessMcGill University, Department of Chemistry, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
Anthony K MittermaierMcGill University, Department of Chemistry, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada anthony.mittermaier@mcgill.ca.
McGill University · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-quadruplexes (GQs) are 4-stranded DNA structures formed by tracts of stacked, Hoogsteen-hydrogen bonded guanosines. GQs are found in gene promoters and telomeres where they regulate gene transcription and telomere elongation. Though GQ structures are well-characterized, many aspects of their conformational dynamics are poorly understood. For example, when there are surplus guanosines in some of the tracts, they can slide with respect to one another, a process we term G-register (GR) exchange. These motions could in principle entropically stabilize the folded state, crucially benefitting GQs as their stabilities are closely tied to biological function. We have developed a method for characterizing GR exchange where each isomer in the wild-type conformational ensemble is trapped by mutation and thermal denaturation data for the set of trapped mutants and wild-type are analyzed simultaneously. This yields GR isomer populations as a function of temperature, quantifies conformational entropy and sheds light on correlated sliding motions of the G-tracts. We measured entropic stabilizations from GR exchange up to 14.3 ± 1.6 J mol(-1) K(-1), with melting temperature increases up to 7.3 ± 1.6°C. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis suggests a majority of putative human GQ sequences are capable of GR exchange, pointing to the generality of this phenomenon.

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G-QuadruplexesBase SequenceCircular DichroismDNAGuanosineHumansMutationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycProto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1ThermodynamicsTranscription, GeneticVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ADNAGuanosineMYC protein, humanPIM1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycProto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

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