Structural basis of DNA duplex distortion induced by thiazole-containing hairpin polyamides

Padroni, Giacomo and Parkinson, John A. and Fox, Keith R. and Burley, Glenn A. (2018) Structural basis of DNA duplex distortion induced by thiazole-containing hairpin polyamides. Nucleic Acids Research, 46 (1). pp. 42-53. ISSN 1362-4962 (https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1211)

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Abstract

This manuscript reports the molecular basis for double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) binding of hairpin polyamides incorporating a 5-alkyl thiazole (Nt) unit. Hairpin polyamides containing an N-terminal Nt unit induce higher melting stabilisation of target dsDNA sequences relative to an archetypical hairpin polyamide incorporating an N-terminal imidazole (Im) unit. However, modification of the N-terminus from Im to Nt-building blocks results in an increase in dsDNA binding affinity but lower G-selectivity. A general G-selectivity trend is observed for Nt-containing polyamide analogues. G-selectivity increases as the steric bulk in the Nt 5-position increases. Solution-based NMR structural studies reveal differences in the modulation of the target DNA duplex of Nt-containing hairpin polyamides relative to the Im-containing archetype. A structural hallmark of an Nt polyamide•dsDNA complex is a more significant degree of major groove compression of the target dsDNA sequence relative to the Im-containing hairpin polyamide.

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Padroni, Giacomo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1406-4449, Parkinson, John A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4270-6135, Fox, Keith R. and Burley, Glenn A.;
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