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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Involvement of G-triplex and G-hairpin in the multi-pathway folding of human telomeric G-quadruplex.

Xi-Miao Hou, Yi-Ben Fu, Wen-Qiang Wu, Lei Wang, Fang-Yuan Teng, Ping Xie, Peng-Ye Wang, Xu-Guang Xi

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Xi-Miao HouCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Yi-Ben FuBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Wen-Qiang WuCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Lei WangCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Fang-Yuan TengCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
Ping XieBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Peng-Ye WangBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
Xu-Guang XiCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.

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Abstract

G-quadruplex (G4) can be formed by G-rich DNA sequences that are widely distributed throughout the human genome. Although G-triplex and G-hairpin have been proposed as G4 folding intermediates, their formation still requires further investigation by experiments. Here, we employed single-molecule FRET to characterize the folding dynamics of G4 from human telomeric sequence. First, we observed four states during G4 folding initially assigned to be anti-parallel G4, G-triplex, G-hairpin and unfolded ssDNA. Then we constructed putative intra-strand G-triplex, G-hairpin structures and confirmed their existences in both NaCl and KCl. Further studies revealed those structures are going through dynamic transitions between different states and show relatively weak dependence on cations, unlike G4. Based on those results and molecular dynamics simulations, we proposed a multi-pathway folding mechanism for human telomeric G4. The present work may shed new light on our current understanding about the existence and stability of G4 intermediate states.

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G-QuadruplexesNucleic Acid ConformationDNAFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHumansKineticsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular Dynamics SimulationSignal TransductionTelomereDNA

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