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Intraloop and Interloop Interactions in the Folded-G Quartet Structure of Oxytricha Telomeric Sesquence

Balagurumoorthy, P and Brahmachari, SK (1995) Intraloop and Interloop Interactions in the Folded-G Quartet Structure of Oxytricha Telomeric Sesquence. In: Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics, 32 (6). 385-390 .

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Abstract

The antiparallel intramolecular G quartet structure for the 3.5 copy Oxytricha telomeric sequence d(G(4)T(4))(3)G4 has been established using a combination of spectroscopic and chemical probing methods. In the presence of Naf ions, this sequence exhibits a circular dichroism spectrum with a positive band at 295 nm and a negative band around 265 nm, characteristic of an antiparallel G quartet structure. Further, we show that d(G(4)T(4))(3)G(4) adopts an antiparallel intramolecular G quartet structure even in K+ unlike d(G(4)T(4)G(4)). KMnO4 probing experiments indicated the existence of intra and interloop interactions in the Na+ induced structure. We have found that K+ not only increases the thermal stability of,G quartet structure but also binds to the loop region and disrupts stacking and interloop interactions. Biological consequences of such cation-dependent conformational micro-heterogeneity in the loop region of G quartet structures is also discussed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Publisher: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources.
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited: 31 May 2011 06:16
Last Modified: 31 May 2011 06:16
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38034

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