title: Probing the three-dimensional structures of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides in solution by nuclear Overhauser enhancement measurements.
abstract: DNA and RNA oligonucleotides are ideally suited for high-resolution X-ray crystallographic and 1H-NMR studies. The solution structures of such oligonucleotides can potentially be solved using proton-proton nuclear Overhauser enhancement measurements to demonstrate the proximity of protons in space and to determine their separation, thereby enabling a comparison of the structure in the crystalline and solution states to be made. In this review we describe the general strategy for the sequential resonance assignments of oligonucleotide 1H-NMR spectra, the essential prerequisite for further structural work, the approach to obtaining interproton distances from pre-steady state nuclear Overhauser enhancement measurements, and the use of interproton distances in structure determination. This is illustrated by several examples including double- and single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides as well as RNA stem and loop structures.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clore
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gronenborn
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D011522:Protons; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D012996:Solutions; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; D011522:Protons; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D012996:Solutions