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Duszczyk, M.M. ; Zanier, K.* ; Sattler, M.

A NMR strategy to unambiguously distinguish nucleic acid hairpin and duplex conformations applied to a Xist RNA A-repeat.

Nucleic Acids Res. 36, 7068-7077 (2008)

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All RNA sequences that fold into hairpins possess the intrinsic potential to form intermolecular duplexes because of their high self-complementarity. The thermodynamically more stable duplex conformation is favored under high salt conditions and at high RNA concentrations, posing a challenging problem for structural studies of small RNA hairpin conformations. We developed and applied a novel approach to unambiguously distinguish RNA hairpin and duplex conformations for the structural analysis of a Xist RNA A-repeat. Using a combination of a quantitative HNN-COSY experiment and an optimized double isotope-filtered NOESY experiment we could define the conformation of the 26-mer A-repeat RNA. In contrast to a previous secondary structure prediction of a double hairpin structure, the NMR data show that only the first predicted hairpin is formed, while the second predicted hairpin mediates dimerization of the A-repeat by duplex formation with a second A-repeat. The strategy employed here will be generally applicable to identify and quantify populations of hairpin and duplex conformations and to define RNA folding topology from inter-and intra-molecular base-pairing patterns.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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Keywords X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; HYDROGEN-BONDS; SCALAR COUPLINGS; BASE-PAIRS; SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS; ENHANCEMENT; TRANSITIONS; DYNAMICS; SPECTRA

ISSN (print) / ISBN 0305-1048

e-ISSN 1362-4962

Journal Nucleic Acids Research

Quellenangaben Volume: 36, Issue: 22, Pages: 7068-7077

Publisher Oxford University Press

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Institute of Structural Biology (STB)