Human telomeric DNA G-quadruplex has been considered as an attractive target for cancer therapeutic intervention. The telomeric sequence shows intrinsic structure polymorphism. Here we report a novel intramolecular G-quadruplex structure formed by a variant human telomeric sequence in K+ solution. This sequence forms a basket-type intramolecular G-quadruplex with only two G-tetrads but multiple-layer capping structures formed by loop residues. While it is shown that this structure can only be detected in the specifically truncated telomeric sequences without any 5′-flanking residues, our results suggest that this two-G-tetrad conformation is likely to be an intermediate form of the interconversion of different telomeric G-quadruplex conformations.
An integrated set of reactions and conditions that allow an eight step one-flask synthesis of the protected derivatives of c-di-GMP and the [Rp,Rp] and [Rp,Sp] thiophosphate analogs is reported. Deprotection is also carried out as a one-flask procedure, with the final products isolated by crystallization from the reaction mixture. Chromatography is only used for separation of the thiophosphate diastereomers.
DNA
oxidation
by reactive oxygen species is nonrandom, potentially
leading to accumulation of nucleobase damage and mutations at specific
sites within the genome. We now present the first quantitative data
for sequence-dependent formation of structurally defined oxidative
nucleobase adducts along p53 gene-derived DNA duplexes
using a novel isotope labeling-based approach. Our results reveal
that local nucleobase sequence context differentially alters the yields
of 2,2,4-triamino-2H-oxal-5-one (Z) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine
(OG) in double stranded DNA. While both lesions are overproduced within
endogenously methylated MeCG dinucleotides and at 5′
Gs in runs of several guanines, the formation of Z (but not OG) is
strongly preferred at solvent-exposed guanine nucleobases at duplex
ends. Targeted oxidation of MeCG sequences may be caused
by a lowered ionization potential of guanine bases paired with MeC and the preferential intercalation of riboflavin photosensitizer
adjacent to MeC:G base pairs. Importantly, some of the
most frequently oxidized positions coincide with the known p53 lung cancer mutational “hotspots” at codons
245 (GGC), 248 (CGG), and 158 (CGC) respectively, supporting a possible
role of oxidative degradation of DNA in the initiation of lung cancer.
Seven phosphorothioate analogs of c-di-GMP (all diastereomers of mono-, di-, and trithiophosphates) were prepared to assess the impact of the thioate substitutions on c-di-GMP polymorphism using 1D 1 H and 31 P NMR, along with 2D NOESY and DOSY, for both the Na + and K + salts. The K + salts display more extensive higher order complex formation than the Na + salts, resulting primarily in octamolecular complexes with K + , but tetramolecular complexes with Na + . Further, the presence of one or two [S P ] sulfurs specifically stabilizes anti complexes and/or destabilizes syn complexes, while the presence of two [S P ] sulfurs promotes extensive aggregation.
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