Small-molecule interaction with a five-guanine-tract G-quadruplex structure from the human MYC promoter. Phan, A. T. T. T., Kuryavyi, V., Gaw, H. Y., & Patel, D. J Nature Chemical Biology, 1(3):167–173, 2005. tex.ids= phanSmallmoleculeInteractionFiveguaninetract2005 publisher: Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. phantuan@mskcc.org
Small-molecule interaction with a five-guanine-tract G-quadruplex structure from the human MYC promoter. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
It has been widely accepted that DNA can adopt other biologically relevant structures beside the Watson-Crick double helix. One recent important example is the guanine-quadruplex (G-quadruplex) structure formed by guanine tracts found in the MYC (or c-myc) promoter region, which regulates the transcription of the MYC oncogene. Stabilization of this G-quadruplex by ligands, such as the cationic porphyrin TMPyP4, decreases the transcriptional level of MYC. Here, we report the first structure of a DNA fragment containing five guanine tracts from this region. An unusual G-quadruplex fold, which was derived from NMR restraints using unambiguous model-independent resonance assignment approaches, involves a core of three stacked guanine tetrads formed by four parallel guanine tracts with all anti guanines and a snapback 3'-end syn guanine. We have determined the structure of the complex formed between this G-quadruplex and TMPyP4. This structural information, combined with details of small-molecule interaction, provides a platform for the design of anticancer drugs targeting multi-guanine-tract sequences that are found in the MYC and other oncogenic promoters, as well as in telomeres.
@article{Phan2005,
	title = {Small-molecule interaction with a five-guanine-tract {G}-quadruplex structure from the human {MYC} promoter.},
	volume = {1},
	issn = {1552-4450},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16408022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio723},
	abstract = {It has been widely accepted that DNA can adopt other biologically relevant structures beside the Watson-Crick double helix. One recent important example is the guanine-quadruplex (G-quadruplex) structure formed by guanine tracts found in the MYC (or c-myc) promoter region, which regulates the transcription of the MYC oncogene. Stabilization of this G-quadruplex by ligands, such as the cationic porphyrin TMPyP4, decreases the transcriptional level of MYC. Here, we report the first structure of a DNA fragment containing five guanine tracts from this region. An unusual G-quadruplex fold, which was derived from NMR restraints using unambiguous model-independent resonance assignment approaches, involves a core of three stacked guanine tetrads formed by four parallel guanine tracts with all anti guanines and a snapback 3'-end syn guanine. We have determined the structure of the complex formed between this G-quadruplex and TMPyP4. This structural information, combined with details of small-molecule interaction, provides a platform for the design of anticancer drugs targeting multi-guanine-tract sequences that are found in the MYC and other oncogenic promoters, as well as in telomeres.},
	number = {3},
	journal = {Nature Chemical Biology},
	author = {Phan, Anh Tuân Tuan Tuân and Kuryavyi, Vitaly and Gaw, Hai Yan and Patel, Dinshaw J},
	year = {2005},
	pmid = {16408022},
	note = {tex.ids= phanSmallmoleculeInteractionFiveguaninetract2005
publisher: Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. phantuan@mskcc.org},
	pages = {167--173},
}

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