Cruciform extrusion propensity of human translocation-mediating palindromic AT-rich repeats.

ABSTRACT: There is an emerging consensus that secondary structures of DNA have the potential for genomic instability. Palindromic AT-rich repeats (PATRRs) are a characteristic sequence identified at each breakpoint of the recurrent constitutional t(11;22) and t(17;22) translocations in humans, named PATRR22 (approximately 600 bp), PATRR11 (approximately 450 bp) and PATRR17 (approximately 190 bp). The secondary structure-forming propensity in vitro and the instability in vivo have been experimentally evaluated for various PATRRs that differ regarding their size and symmetry. At physiological ionic strength, a cruciform structure is most frequently observed for the symmetric PATRR22, less often for the symmetric PATRR11, but not for the other PATRRs. In wild-type E. coli, only these two PATRRs undergo

SUBMITTER: Kogo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1851657 | biostudies-literature | 2007

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature