Single-Molecule Investigations of G-Quadruplex

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Abstract

The genome-wide occurrence of G-quadruplexes and their demonstrated biological activities call for detailed understanding on the stability and transition kinetics of the structures. Although the core structural element in a G-quadruplex is simple and requires only four tandem repeats of Guanine rich sequences, there is rather rich conformational diversity in this structure. Corresponding to this structural diversity, it displays involved transition kinetics within individual G-quadruplexes and complicated interconversion among different G-quadruplex species. Due to the inherently high signal-to-noise ratio in the measurement, single-molecule tools offer a unique capability to investigate the thermodynamic, kinetic, and mechanical properties of G-quadruplexes with dynamic conformations. In this chapter, we describe different single molecule methods such as atomic-force microscopy (AFM), single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET), optical, magnetic, and magneto-optical tweezers to investigate G-quadruplex structures as well as their interactions with small-molecule ligands.

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Mandal, S., Hoque, M. E., & Mao, H. (2019). Single-Molecule Investigations of G-Quadruplex. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 2035, pp. 275–298). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9666-7_16

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