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NMR Structural Studies on a Nonnatural Deoxyribonucleoside Mediated Recognition of GC Base Pairs in Pyrimidine-Purine-Pyrimidine Triplexes

Authors: Ishwar Radhakrishnan; Dinshaw J. Patel; E. S. Priestley; Huw M. Nash; Peter B. Dervan; CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA DIV OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Abstract:
As a part of our ongoing efforts to define the structural aspects of unusual pairing alignments in DNA triplexes by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy, we have examined the structural role of a nonnatural deoxyribonucleoside, P1, that has been shown to mediate the recognition of GC base pairs in pyrimidine-purine-pyrimidine DNA triplexes. A qualitative interpretation of the NMR data indicates that this analog of protonated cytosines is readily accommodated in the third strand segment of an intramolecular triplex system. Furthermore, the observed NOE patterns position the imino and amino protons of P1 opposite the Nitrate and Oxyide atome of guanine respectively, consistent with the previously proposed pairing scheme

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Technical rept.
Pages: 21
Report Date: 01 JUN 93
Contract Number: N00014-92-J-1052
Report Number: A215562
Keywords relating to this report:
CLEAVAGE
DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS
GUANINE
HELIXES
HUMANS
HYDROGEN BONDS
MODELS
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
NUCLEOTIDES
PHOSPHATES
PLASMIDS
PURINES
PYRIMIDINES
RECOGNITION
RESIDUES
SPECTROSCOPY
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