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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2017

On the conformational stability of the smallest RNA kissing complexes maintained through two G·C base pairs.

Wally Chu, Akila Weerasekera, Chul-Hyun Kim

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Wally ChuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, United States.
Akila WeerasekeraDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, United States.
Chul-Hyun KimDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, United States. Electronic address: chul.kim@csueastbay.edu.

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Termination of Outgrowth in C. elegans NeuronsS06GM048135 · NIGMS · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY HAYWARD · PI NIETO, MARIA C · 1993 to 2008
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NIGMS NIH HHS S06 GM048135
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Abstract

Two identical 5'GACG3' tetra-loop motifs with different stem sequences (called H2 and H3) are found in the 5' end region of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus (MMLV) genomic RNA. They play important roles in RNA dimerization and encapsidation through two identical tetra-loops (5'GACG3') forming a loop-to-loop kissing complex, the smallest RNA kissing complex ever found in nature. We examined the effects of a loop-closing base pair as well as a stem sequence on the conformational stability of the kissing complex. UV melting analysis and gel electrophoresis were performed on eight RNA sequences mimicking the H2 and H3 hairpin tetra-loops with variation in loop-closing base pairs. Our results show that changing the loop-closing base pair from the wildtype (5'A·U3' for H3, 5'U·A3' for H2) to 5'G·C3'/5'C·G3' has significant effect on the stability of the kissing complexes: the substitution to 5'C·G3' significantly decreases both thermal and mechanical stability, while switching to the 5'G·C3' significantly increases the mechanical stability only. The kissing complexes with the wildtype loop-closing base pairs (5'A·U3' for H3 and 5'U·A3' for H2) show different stability when attached to a different stem sequence (H2 stem vs. H3 stem). This suggests that not only the loop-closing base pair itself, but also the stem sequence, affects the conformational stability of the RNA kissing complex.

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AnimalsBase CompositionBase SequenceInverted Repeat SequencesMiceMoloney murine leukemia virusNucleic Acid ConformationNucleotide MotifsRNA StabilityRNA, ViralThermodynamicsRNA, ViralDimerizationEncapsidationKissing complexMoloney Murine Leukemia VirusRNA structureUV melting analysis

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