J
2020
Structure of two G-quadruplexes in equilibrium in the KRAS promoter
MARQUEVIELLE, Julien, Coralie ROBERT, Olivier LAGRABETTE, Mona WAHID, Anne BOURDONCLE et. al.
Basic information
Original name
Structure of two G-quadruplexes in equilibrium in the KRAS promoter
Authors
MARQUEVIELLE, Julien, Coralie ROBERT, Olivier LAGRABETTE, Mona WAHID, Anne BOURDONCLE, Luigi E XODO, Jean-Louis MERGNY and Gilmar F SALGADO
Edition
Nucleic acids research, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, 0305-1048
Other information
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 16.971
Keywords in English
THROUGH-BOND CORRELATION; PANCREATIC-CANCER CELLS; CIRCULAR-DICHROISM; RAS; DNA; POLYMORPHISM; BIND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; RESONANCES; MUTATIONS
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
V originále
KRAS is one of the most mutated oncogenes and still considered an undruggable target. An alternative strategy would consist in targeting its gene rather than the protein, specifically the formation of G-quadruplexes (G4) in its promoter. G4 are secondary structures implicated in biological processes, which can be formed among G-rich DNA (or RNA) sequences. Here we have studied the major conformations of the commonly known KRAS 32R, or simply 32R, a 32 residue sequence within the KRAS Nuclease Hypersensitive Element (NHE) region. We have determined the structure of the two major stable conformers that 32R can adopt and which display slow equilibrium (>ms) with each other. By using different biophysical methods, we found that the nucleotides G9, G25, G28 and G32 are particularly implicated in the exchange between these two conformations. We also showed that a triad at the 3' end further stabilizes one of the G4 conformations, while the second conformer remains more flexible and less stable.
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