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Thermodynamics and folding pathway of tetraloop receptor-mediated RNA helical packing.


ABSTRACT: Little is known about the thermodynamic forces that drive the folding pathways of higher-order RNA structure. In this study, we employ calorimetric [isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)] and spectroscopic (NMR and UV) methods to characterize the thermodynamics of the GAAA tetraloop-receptor interaction, utilizing a previously described bivalent construct. ITC studies indicate that the bivalent interaction is enthalpy driven and highly stable, with a binding constant (K(obs)) of 5.5x10(6) M(-1) and enthalpy (DeltaH(obs)(o)) of -33.8 kcal/mol at 45 degrees C in 20 mM KCl and 2 mM MgCl(2). Thus, we derive the DeltaH(obs)(o) for a single tetraloop-receptor interaction to be -16.9 kcal/mol at these conditions. UV absorbance data indicate that an increase in base stacking quality contributes to the enthalpy of complex formation. These highly favorable thermodynamics are consistent with the known critical role for the tetraloop-receptor motif in the folding of large RNAs. Additionally, a significant heat capacity change (DeltaC(p,obs)(o)) of -0.24 kcal mol(-1) K(-1) was determined by ITC. DSC and UV-monitored thermal denaturation experiments indicate that the bivalent tetraloop-receptor construct follows a minimally five-state unfolding pathway and suggest the observed DeltaC(p,obs)(o) for the interaction results from a temperature-dependent unbound receptor RNA structure.

SUBMITTER: Vander Meulen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2678012 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Thermodynamics and folding pathway of tetraloop receptor-mediated RNA helical packing.

Vander Meulen Kirk A KA   Davis Jared H JH   Foster Trenton R TR   Record M Thomas MT   Butcher Samuel E SE  

Journal of molecular biology 20080927 3


Little is known about the thermodynamic forces that drive the folding pathways of higher-order RNA structure. In this study, we employ calorimetric [isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)] and spectroscopic (NMR and UV) methods to characterize the thermodynamics of the GAAA tetraloop-receptor interaction, utilizing a previously described bivalent construct. ITC studies indicate that the bivalent interaction is enthalpy driven and highly stable, with a  ...[more]

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