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- Researchers analyzed the C-rich strand of the insulin minisatellite, revealing that it forms a hairpin dimer structure known as a hairpin i-motif with intercalated C+.C pairs using high-resolution NMR techniques.
- They demonstrated that longer C-rich sequences can intramolecularly fold into similar hairpin structures, as confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling.
- The study also indicates the existence of multiple hairpin i-motifs in long sequences of the C-rich strand, highlighting their potential structural and biological importance.
Article Abstract
Previously, we reported the high resolution NMR structure of the hairpin G-quartet structure formed by the G-rich strand of the insulin minisatellite of repeat sequence, (ACAG4TGTG4/TGTC4ACAC4) located upstream of the human insulin gene. Here, we report structural studies on the C-rich strand of this insulin minisatellite. First, we show by high resolution NMR that (C4TGTC4) forms a hairpin dimer with intercalated C+.C pairs (referred to as the hairpin i-motif); 340 NOE distance constraints uniquely define the nature of hairpin folding and the pattern of C+.C intercalation. Second, we show by one-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling studies that (C4TGTC4ACA4TGTC4) forms an intramolecularly folded hairpin with intercalated C+.C pairs. Third, we demonstrate by in vitro replication studies that several such hairpin i-motifs are present in long (C4TGTC4ACA)n (n>/=6) sequences, even in the presence of their complementary strands. Finally, we discuss structural and biological significance of the hairpin i-motifs formed by the C-rich strands of the insulin minisatellite.
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