Origins of high sequence selectivity: a stopped-flow kinetics study of DNA/RNA hybridization by duplex- and triplex-forming oligonucleotides

Biochemistry
S WangE T Kool

Abstract

Stopped-flow UV kinetics and thermal denaturation experiments are used to examine the origins of high sequence selectivity and binding affinity of circular triplex-forming oligonucleotides with single-stranded DNA/RNA targets. These 34-nt probes are hybridized to a series of 12-nt target sequences which are fully complementary or which contain a single mismatch. Also studied for comparison are standard 12-nt Watson-Crick DNA or RNA complements. Several novel findings are described: (1) Circular triplex-forming oligomers bind targets with very high thermodynamic selectivity (up to 8-10 kcal/mol against a single-nucleotide mismatch), while linear strands show only 2-3 kcal/mol selectivity. (2) Rates for triplex formation by circular ligands are much greater than other reported triplex formation modes and are nearly the same as for Watson-Crick duplex formation. (3) DNA-DNA and RNA-RNA hybridization rates are similar for both duplex and triplex formation. (4) For both modes of binding, hybridization rates do not vary when a mismatch is introduced into the target, and, therefore, binding selectivity is reflected in large variations in dissociation, rather than association rates. Finally, (5) binding selectivity of circular ligands ...Continue Reading

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