Proton magnetic resonance studies of double helical oligonucleotides. The effect of base sequence on the stability of deoxydinucleotide dimers
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Proton magnetic resonance studies of double helical oligonucleotides. The effect of base sequence on the stability of deoxydinucleotide dimers
Abstract
The concentration dependence of the proton magnetic resonance chemical shifts of a series of deoxydinucleotides and deoxydinucleoside monophosphates in neutral H2O solution has been recorded in the 1-100 mM concentration range by the use of pulsed Fourier transform techniques. The self-complementary molecules pdG-dC, dG-dC, pdC-dG, and dC-dG and the complementary mixtures pdG-dG + pdC-dC as well as pdG-dT + pdA-dC interact at low temperatures by the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonded dimers. Noncomplementary molecules such as pdG-dT, pdT-dG, pdG-dG, pdA-dc, and pdC-dC do not self-associate by the formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds under the present experimental conditions. The chemical shifts of the amino protons and the base protons are consistent with the interaction of two complementary dinucleotides to form a miniature double helix. An analysis of the chemical shift of the guanine amino proton resonance as a function of dinucleotide concentration has provided approximate dimerization constants. These results show that the stability of the miniature double helices is in the order (pdG-dG)-(pdC-dC) greater than or approximately (pdG-dC)-(pdG-dC) greater than (pdC-dG)-(pdC-dG) greater than (pdG-dT)-(pdA-dC) which reflects the effect of nucleotide sequence (and composition) on helix stability.
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