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SUBMITTER: Byrd AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4358282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Byrd Alicia K AK Raney Kevin D KD
The Journal of biological chemistry 20150114 10
DNA sequences that can form intramolecular quadruplex structures are found in promoters of proto-oncogenes. Many of these sequences readily fold into parallel quadruplexes. Here we characterize the ability of yeast Pif1 to bind and unfold a parallel quadruplex DNA substrate. We found that Pif1 binds more tightly to the parallel quadruplex DNA than single-stranded DNA or tailed duplexes. However, Pif1 unwinding of duplexes occurs at a much faster rate than unfolding of a parallel intramolecular q ...[more]