Wright, Elisé P, Huppert, Julian L and Waller, Zoë A E (2017) Identification of multiple genomic DNA sequences which form i-motif structures at neutral pH. Nucleic Acids Research, 2017 (1). ISSN 0305-1048
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Abstract
i-Motifs are alternative DNA secondary structures formed in cytosine-rich sequences. Particular examples of these structures, traditionally assumed to be stable only at acidic pH, have been found to form under near-physiological conditions. To determine the potential impact of these structures on physiological processes, investigation of sequences with the capacity to fold under physiological conditions is required. Here we describe a systematic study of cytosine-rich DNA sequences, with varying numbers of consecutive cytosines, to gain insights into i-motif DNA sequence and structure stability. i-Motif formation was assessed using ultraviolet spectroscopy, circular dichroism and native gel electrophoresis. We found that increasing cytosine tract lengths resulted in increased thermal stability; sequences with at least five cytosines per tract folded into i-motif at room temperature and neutral pH. Using these results, we postulated a folding rule for i-motif formation, analogous to (but different from) that for G-quadruplexes. This indicated that thousands of cytosine-rich sequences in the human genome may fold into i-motif structures under physiological conditions. Many of these were found in locations where structure formation is likely to influence gene expression. Characterization of a selection of these identified i-motif forming sequences uncovered 17 genomic i-motif forming sequence examples which were stable at neutral pH.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Erratum at: 10.1093/nar/gkx1178 |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy (former - to 2024) |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Medicinal Chemistry (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry (former - to 2021) |
Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2017 01:42 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 00:49 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62822 |
DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gkx090 |
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