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SUBMITTER: Mukundan VT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3203613 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mukundan Vineeth Thachappilly VT Do Ngoc Quang NQ Phan Anh Tuân AT
Nucleic acids research 20110719 20
T30177 is a G-rich oligonucleotide with the sequence (GTGGTGGGTGGGTGGGT) which inhibits the HIV-1 integrase activity at nanomolar concentrations. Here we show that this DNA sequence forms in K(+) solution a dimeric G-quadruplex structure comprising a total of six G-tetrad layers through the stacking of two propeller-type parallel-stranded G-quadruplex subunits at their 5'-end. All twelve guanines in the sequence participate in the G-tetrad formation, despite the interruption in the first G-tract ...[more]