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  • Title: Poly(7-deazaguanylic acid), the homopolynucleotide of the parent nucleoside of queuosine.
    Author: Seela F, Tran-Thi QH, Franzen D.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1982 Aug 31; 21(18):4338-43. PubMed ID: 6289879.
    Abstract:
    Poly(7-deazaguanylic acid) was enzymatically synthesized by the polymerization of 7-deazaguanosine 5'-diphosphate with polynucleotide phosphorylase from Micrococcus luteus in high yield. The homopolymer showed a similar thermal and total hypochromicity to poly(G) at the long wavelength absorption maximum. No sigmoid melting profile was observed for poly(c7G) as is found for poly(G), implying a single-stranded structure in aqueous solution. From the circular dichroism spectra it can be concluded that the 7-deazapurine nucleotide is much more flexible than the purine nucleotide. In analogy to poly(G), the homopolymer poly(c7G) forms a 1:1 complex with poly(C) under neutral conditions, melting at a similar temperature to the poly(G) complex. However, at pH 2.5, where a poly(G) X 2poly(C) complex is observed, poly(c7G) still binds only one poly(C) strand. This is due to the lack of N-7 in poly(c7G), not allowing Hoogsteen base pair formation, which occurs with poly(G). RNase T1 cleaves poly(c7G), indicating that N-7 of guanosine is not a requirement for nucleotide binding to the enzyme, as has been suggested. Because of the single-stranded structure of poly(c7G), the polynucleotide chain is rapidly hydrolyzed by the single-strand-specific nuclease S1, whereas multistranded poly(G) is completely resistant.
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