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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2025

Destabilizing Interactions in Human Telomeric G-Quadruplex Multimers.

Luca Bertini, Mattia Trapella, Deniz Mostarac, Valeria Libera, Caterina Petrillo, Cristiano De Michele, Lucia Comez, Alessandro Paciaroni

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rational Polyligand Design for G-Quadruplex Multimer Stabilization.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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  2. Unraveling G-Quadruplex and i-Motif Coexistence Within a Double-Stranded DNA.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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8 authors.

Luca BertiniDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-2314-1435
Mattia TrapellaDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Deniz MostaracDepartment of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4084-6046
Valeria LiberaDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Caterina PetrilloDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
Cristiano De MicheleDepartment of Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8367-0610
Lucia ComezCNR-IOM c/o Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5160-6844
Alessandro PaciaroniDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Alessandro Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3952-1634

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-Quadruplexes are secondary structures that may form in G-rich nucleic acid sequences. The extended overhang at the ends of human telomeres has the potential to form multiple G-Quadruplexes that are crucial in regulating key biological processes. Here, we employ small-angle X-ray scattering-guided extremely coarse-grained simulations to provide a picture of the arrangement of G-Quadruplexes in long telomeric sequences. We observe significant destabilizing interactions between G-Quadruplexes, thus making the stacked conformation less prevalent. A helix-coil model is proposed to analytically describe the stacking-unstacking equilibrium within G-Quadruplex multimers and predict the occurrence of stacked and unstacked G-Quadruplex multiplets in arbitrarily long sequences.

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DNAG-QuadruplexesTelomereHumansNucleic Acid ConformationScattering, Small AngleX-Ray DiffractionDNA

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PMID40405465
PMCPMC12147199

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