A short C-rich PNA fragment capable to form novel G-quadruplex-PNA complexes

Nucleic Acids Symp Ser (Oxf). 2008:(52):167-8. doi: 10.1093/nass/nrn085.

Abstract

In this work we investigated the interaction between the short ac(4)a C-rich peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe and two intramolecular G-quadruplex targets having the same G-tetrad core, but different folding topologies. The T(G(4)T)(3)G(4)T and the recently reported tetra-end-linked-(TG(4)T)(4) G-rich oligonucleotides (GROs) were chosen and synthesized for this study. UV, CD, and MS experiments revealed the formation of novel 1:1 G-quadruplex-PNA complexes besides the expected DNA-PNA heteroduplexes.

MeSH terms

  • Circular Dichroism
  • Cytosine / chemistry
  • G-Quadruplexes*
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids / chemistry*

Substances

  • Oligonucleotides
  • Peptide Nucleic Acids
  • Cytosine