2019

Scientific Reports

Rocznik: 2019 | Tom: 9 | Numer: 1

artykuł naukowy

angielski

EN Thionucleotides, especially 4-thiouridine and 6-thioguanosine, are photosensitive molecules that photocrosslink to both proteins and nucleic acids, and this feature is a major reason for their application in various investigations. To get insight into the thermodynamic and structural contributions of 6-thioguanosine to the properties of RNA duplexes a systematic study was performed. In a series of RNA duplexes, selected guanosine residues located in G-C base pairs, mismatches (G-G, G-U, and G-A), or 5' and 3'-dangling ends were replaced with 6-thioguanosine. Generally, the presence of 6-thioguanosine diminishes the thermodynamic stability of RNA duplexes. This effect depends on its position within duplexes and the sequence of adjacent base pairs. However, when placed at a dangling end a 6-thioguanosine residue actually exerts a weak stabilizing effect. Furthermore, the structural effect of 6-thioguanosine substitution appears to be minimal based on NMR and Circular Dichroism (CD) data.

10.1038/s41598-019-40715-2

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40715-2

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