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The promotion of secondary structures in single-stranded DNA by drugs that bind to duplex DNA: an atomic force microscopy study
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We study the behavior of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the presence of well-known drugs with either an intercalating binding mode, such as daunorubicin, actinomycin D, and chloroquine, or a minor groove binding mode, such as netropsin and berenil, by atomic force microscopy (AFM). At very low salt conditions, ssDNA molecules adopt an unstructured conformation without secondary structures. We observe that under these conditions additions of drugs that bind to double-stranded DNA ( dsDNA) promote the formation of secondary structures in ssDNA. Furthermore, with an increase of concentration of the drugs, the extension as well as the thermal stabilization of these hairpins was observed.
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Structure secondaire
thumb|200px|Schéma de la structure tridimensionnelle de la protéine myoglobine. Cette structure contient de hélices α mais pas de feuillets β. Cette protéine est la première dont la structure a été résolue par cristallographie en 1958, par Max Perutz et John Kendrew, ce qui leur a valu l'attribution du prix Nobel de chimie en 1962. En biochimie et en biologie structurale, la structure secondaire se rapporte uniquement à la description de la structure tridimensionnelle localement adoptée par certains segments de molécules biologiques (molécules définies comme étant des biopolymères, comme c’est le cas pour les protéines et les acides nucléiques (ADN/ARN)).
Biomolecular structure
Biomolecular structure is the intricate folded, three-dimensional shape that is formed by a molecule of protein, DNA, or RNA, and that is important to its function. The structure of these molecules may be considered at any of several length scales ranging from the level of individual atoms to the relationships among entire protein subunits. This useful distinction among scales is often expressed as a decomposition of molecular structure into four levels: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary.
Acide désoxyribonucléique
vignette|Structure de la double hélice d'ADN. vignette|Structure chimique de l'ADN illustrant les quatre configurations des paires AT et GC entre les deux armatures de la double hélice, constituées d'une alternance de phosphate et de désoxyribose. L'acide désoxyribonucléique, ou ADN, est une macromolécule biologique présente dans presque toutes les cellules ainsi que chez de nombreux virus. L'ADN contient toute l'information génétique, appelée génome, permettant le développement, le fonctionnement et la reproduction des êtres vivants.
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