Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy of an Artificial DNA Duplex Comprising a Silver(I)-Mediated Base Pair
Single-molecule force spectroscopy measurements of a DNA duplex comprising an artificial metal-mediated base pair are reported. The measurements reveal that DNA duplexes comprising one central imidazole:imidazole mispair rupture at lower forces than a related duplex with canonical base pairs only. I...
Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 31(2015), 41 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 11305-10 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Imidazoles Silver 3M4G523W1G imidazole 7GBN705NH1 DNA 9007-49-2 |
Zusammenfassung: | Single-molecule force spectroscopy measurements of a DNA duplex comprising an artificial metal-mediated base pair are reported. The measurements reveal that DNA duplexes comprising one central imidazole:imidazole mispair rupture at lower forces than a related duplex with canonical base pairs only. In contrast, DNA duplexes with one central imidazole-Ag(+)-imidazole base pair (formed by the addition of Ag(+) to the aforementioned duplex with the mispair) rupture at higher forces. These measurements indicate for the first time that the increase in thermal stability of a nucleic acid duplex that is observed upon the formation of a metal-mediated base pair is accompanied by a concomitant mechanical stabilization. In fact, the mechanical stabilization even exceeds the thermal one. This result indicates that nucleic acids with metal-mediated base pairs should be ideal building blocks for rigid functionalized DNA nano-objects |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 20.04.2016 Date Revised 20.10.2015 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03183 |