SEQUENCE DEPENDENCE OF THE CIRCULAR-DICHROISM OF SYNTHETIC DOUBLE-STRANDED RNAS
SEQUENCE DEPENDENCE OF THE CIRCULAR-DICHROISM OF SYNTHETIC DOUBLE-STRANDED RNAS
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DOI:
10.1002/bip.1981.360200702
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
ALLEN, FS
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作者:
GRAY, DM;LIU, JJ;ALLEN, FS
Five new double-stranded RNA polymers, poly[r(A-G) .cntdot. r(C-U)], poly[r(A-U-C) .cntdot. r(G-A-U)], poly[r(A-C-U) .cntdot. r(A-G-U)], poly[r(A-A-C) .cntdot. r(G-U-U)] and poly[r(A-C-C) .cntdot. r(G-G-U)], were synthesized and studied by circular dichroism (CD). Together with previously published spectra of 7 other RNA sequences, the spectra of these new sequences provide a library sufficient to approximate the spectra of all other RNA sequences of first-neighbor formulas and, in addition, give 4 spectra with which the validity of first-neighbor approximations may be tested. The spectra of RNA sequence isomers are very different, but the spectra essentially do obey first-neighbor relationships. Tentative first-neighbor assignments of negative bands at about 295 and 210 nm in the CD spectra were derived. A test spectral independence shows that among the 12 polymer spectra there are at least 7 significant independent spectral shapes, one less than the 8 needed to give the most accurate spectral analysis of an unknown RNA sequence for its first-neighbor frequencies. Spectra are calculated for RNA of random base composition, approximating natural RNA having complex sequences. A T-matrix of spectral components assigned to the first-neighbor base pairs is derived from 10 of the spectra. This matrix allows an estimation of the CD spectrum of any other known RNA sequence or an analysis of the spectrum of an unknwon sequence for its distribution of first-neighbor base-pair frequencies. Test analyses of 2 of the synthetic polymers and of 2 natural RNA set a probable limit on the accuracy of first-neighbor frequency determinations using this T-matrix. The melting temperatures for all the RNA and corresponding DNA sequences are summarized; the Tm [melting temperature] values of both DNA and RNA approximately obey first-neighbor relationships.