| Literature DB >> 26957024 |
Sanae Benabou1, Miguel Garavís2, Sébastien Lyonnais3, Ramon Eritja4, Carlos González5, Raimundo Gargallo6.
Abstract
The nature and the length of loops connecting cytosine tracts in i-motif structures may affect their stability. In this work, the influence of the nature of the nucleobases located in two of the loops of an intramolecular i-motif is studied using spectroscopy, separation techniques, and multivariate data analysis. The insertion of bases other than thymine induces an additional acid-base equilibrium with pKa ∼ 4.5. The presence of two guanine bases in the loops, placed opposite to each other, decreases the thermal stability of the structure. In contrast, thymine and cytosine bases in these positions stabilize the structure.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26957024 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07428b
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Chem Chem Phys ISSN: 1463-9076 Impact factor: 3.676