Thermodynamic stabilities of internal loops with GU closing pairs in RNA.
Thermodynamic stabilities of internal loops with GU closing pairs in RNA.
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DOI：
10.1021/bi010489o
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发表时间：
2001-08
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
S. Schroeder;D. Turner
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作者：
S. Schroeder;D. Turner
Many internal loops that form tertiary contacts in natural RNAs have GU closing pairs; examples include the tetraloop receptor and P1 helix docking site in group I introns. Thus, thermodynamic parameters of internal loops with GU closing pairs can contribute to the prediction of both secondary and tertiary structure. Oligoribonucleotide duplexes containing small internal loops with GU closing pairs were studied by optical melting, one-dimensional imino proton NMR, and one-dimensional phosphorus NMR. The thermodynamic stabilities of asymmetric internal loops with GU closing pairs relative to those of loops with GC closing pairs may be explained by hydrogen bonds. In contrast, the free energy increments for symmetric internal loops of two noncanonical pairs with GU closing pairs relative to loops with GC closing pairs show much more sequence dependence. Imino proton and phosphorus NMR spectra suggest that some GA pairs adjacent to GU closing pairs may form an overall thermodynamically stable but non-A-form conformation.
