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Nucleic Acids Research, 1991, Vol. 19, No. 15 4267-4271
© 1991

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Detection of triple-helix related structures adopted by poly(dG)-poly(dC) sequences in supercoiled plasmid DNA

T. Kohwi-Shigematsu and Y. Kohwi

La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation 10901 N.Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Received February 11, 1991. Revised June 19, 1991. Accepted June 19, 1991.

Negative superhelical strain induces the poly(dG) poly(dC) sequence to adopt two totally different types of triple-helices, either a dG.dG.dC triplex in the presence of Mg ++ at both neutral and acidic pHs or a protonated dC + .dG.dC triplex in the absence of Mg ++ ions at acidic pH (1). To examine whether there are still other types of non-B DNA structures formed by the same sequence, we constructed supercoiled plasmid DNAs harboring varying lengths of the poly(dG) tract, and the structures adopted by each supercoiled plasmid DNA were studied with a chemical probe, chloroacetaldehyde. The potential of a poly(dG) poly(dC) sequence to adopt non-B DNA structures depends critically on the length of the tract. Furthermore, in the presence of Mg + + and at a mildly acidic pH, in addition to the expected dG.dG.dC triplex detected for the poly(dG) tracts of 14 to 30 base pairs (bp), new structures were also detected for the tracts longer than 35 bp. The structure formed by a poly(dG) tract of 45 bp revealed chemical reaction patterns consistent with a dG.dG.dC triplex and protonated dC+.dG.dC triple-helices fused together. This structure lacks single-stranded stretches typical of intramolecular triplexes.


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