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Widespread transient Hoogsteen base pairs in canonical duplex DNA with variable energetics

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  • Heidi S. Alvey

    (University of Michigan)

  • Federico L. Gottardo

    (University of Michigan)

  • Evgenia N. Nikolova

    (The Scripps Research Institute)

  • Hashim M. Al-Hashimi

    (Duke University School of Medicine)

Abstract

Hoogsteen (HG) base pairing involves a 180° rotation of the purine base relative to Watson–Crick (WC) base pairing within DNA duplexes, creating alternative DNA conformations that can play roles in recognition, damage induction and replication. Here, using nuclear magnetic resonance R1ρ relaxation dispersion, we show that transient HG base pairs occur across more diverse sequence and positional contexts than previously anticipated. We observe sequence-specific variations in HG base pair energetic stabilities that are comparable with variations in WC base pair stability, with HG base pairs being more abundant for energetically less favourable WC base pairs. Our results suggest that the variations in HG stabilities and rates of formation are dominated by variations in WC base pair stability, suggesting a late transition state for the WC-to-HG conformational switch. The occurrence of sequence and position-dependent HG base pairs provide a new potential mechanism for achieving sequence-dependent DNA transactions.

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  • Heidi S. Alvey & Federico L. Gottardo & Evgenia N. Nikolova & Hashim M. Al-Hashimi, 2014. "Widespread transient Hoogsteen base pairs in canonical duplex DNA with variable energetics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5786
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5786
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