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Title: NMR studies of the stable mismatch purine-thymine in the self-complementary d(CGPuAATTTCG) duplex in solution

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00392a010· OSTI ID:5878260

One- and two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect experiments demonstrate that a single hydrogen bond between a T imino proton and purine N3 is sufficient to hold the base pair dPu-dT in d(CGPuAATTTCG) by a Watson-Crick fashion rather than a Hoogsteen type. In addition, the dPu-dT base pair is well stacked with neighboring base pairs. The spin-lattice relaxation measurements at 30 and 35/sup 0/C of two decamers, d(CGPuAATTTCG) and d(CGAAATTTCG), reveal that the elimination of two single hydrogen bonds of dA-dT base pairs (due to the substitution of adenine for purine) in the sequence results in an increase in the overall imino proton exchange rate from 7 to 36 s/sup -1/ at the site of mismatch.

Research Organization:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
OSTI ID:
5878260
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Vol. 26:18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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