{"title":"Interaction of silver ion with CG.C+ base triplets in DNA triplex.","authors":"Toshihiro Ihara, Tatsuaki Ishii, Akinori Jyo","doi":"10.1093/nass/nrp010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When designing ligands for specific sequences in DNA duplexes, triple helix formation is a useful recognition motif, because base triplet formation is based on the simple rule of complementary Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding, CG.C(+) and TA.T. However the triplexes containing CG.C(+) triplets form only in a weak acidic solution, because cytosines in third strand need to be protonated to satisfy its complementarity to CG base-pairs. A simple and easy method to stabilize the DNA triplex using Ag(+) was reported. A silver ion displaces the N3 proton of cytosine in Hoogsteen base-pairing to form a base triplet, CG.CAg(+). By the addition of an equimolar amount of Ag(+), the third strand 15 mer sequence containing five cytosines was stabilized by ca. 30 degrees C in melting temperature at pH 7. The triplex structure was stable even under weak basic conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":87448,"journal":{"name":"Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)","volume":" 53","pages":"19-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/nass/nrp010","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nucleic acids symposium series (2004)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nass/nrp010","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
When designing ligands for specific sequences in DNA duplexes, triple helix formation is a useful recognition motif, because base triplet formation is based on the simple rule of complementary Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding, CG.C(+) and TA.T. However the triplexes containing CG.C(+) triplets form only in a weak acidic solution, because cytosines in third strand need to be protonated to satisfy its complementarity to CG base-pairs. A simple and easy method to stabilize the DNA triplex using Ag(+) was reported. A silver ion displaces the N3 proton of cytosine in Hoogsteen base-pairing to form a base triplet, CG.CAg(+). By the addition of an equimolar amount of Ag(+), the third strand 15 mer sequence containing five cytosines was stabilized by ca. 30 degrees C in melting temperature at pH 7. The triplex structure was stable even under weak basic conditions.