Abstract
The nuclease hypersensitivity element III1 (NHE III1) upstream of the P1 and P2 promoters of c-MYC controls 80-90% of the transcriptional activity of this gene. The purine-rich strand in this region can form a G-quadruplex structure that is a critical part of the silencer element for this promoter. We have demonstrated that this G-quadruplex structure can form a mixture of four biologically relevant parallel-loop isomers, which upon interaction with the cationic porphyrin TMPyP4 are converted to mixed parallel/antiparallel G-quadruplex structures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8702-8709 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 28 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 21 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Biochemistry
- General Chemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry