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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

Stability of an RNA•DNA-DNA triple helix depends on base triplet composition and length of the RNA third strand.

Charlotte N Kunkler, Jacob P Hulewicz, Sarah C Hickman, Matthew C Wang, Phillip J McCown, Jessica A Brown

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. 3plex enables deep computational investigation of triplex forming lncRNAs.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023
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  19. Three-dimensional genome organization via triplex-forming RNAs.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charlotte N KunklerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Jacob P HulewiczDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Sarah C HickmanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Matthew C WangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Phillip J McCownDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Jessica A BrownDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
University of Notre Dame · US

Funding

Chemistry-Biochemistry-Biology Training Program at Notre DameT32GM075762 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI CHANG, MAYLAND F, MOBASHERY, SHAHRIAR · 2007 to 2021
$3.7M
Elucidating the Inhibitory Mechanisms of RNA Triple Helices in Nuclear DecayR00GM111430 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BROWN, JESSICA ANN · 2016 to 2018
$743k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM111430NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM075762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies suggest noncoding RNAs interact with genomic DNA, forming an RNA•DNA-DNA triple helix that regulates gene expression. However, base triplet composition of pyrimidine motif RNA•DNA-DNA triple helices is not well understood beyond the canonical U•A-T and C•G-C base triplets. Using native gel-shift assays, the relative stability of 16 different base triplets at a single position, Z•X-Y (where Z = C, U, A, G and X-Y = A-T, G-C, T-A, C-G), in an RNA•DNA-DNA triple helix was determined. The canonical U•A-T and C•G-C base triplets were the most stable, while three non-canonical base triplets completely disrupted triple-helix formation. We further show that our RNA•DNA-DNA triple helix can tolerate up to two consecutive non-canonical A•G-C base triplets. Additionally, the RNA third strand must be at least 19 nucleotides to form an RNA•DNA-DNA triple helix but increasing the length to 27 nucleotides does not increase stability. The relative stability of 16 different base triplets in DNA•DNA-DNA and RNA•RNA-RNA triple helices was distinctly different from those in RNA•DNA-DNA triple helices, showing that base triplet stability depends on strand composition being DNA and/or RNA. Multiple factors influence the stability of triple helices, emphasizing the importance of experimentally validating formation of computationally predicted triple helices.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationAlgorithmsBase CompositionBase SequenceCodonDNAGenetic CodeHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKineticsNucleotide MotifsOligodeoxyribonucleotidesRNARNA, UntranslatedCodonDNAOligodeoxyribonucleotidesRNARNA, Untranslatedtriplex DNA

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PMID31265072
PMCPMC6698731
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