title: NMR (13)C-relaxation study of base and sugar dynamics in GCAA RNA hairpin tetraloop.
abstract: Intramolecular dynamics of a 14-mer RNA hairpin including GCAA tetraloop was investigated by (13)C NMR relaxation. R(1) and R(1rho) relaxation rates were measured for all protonated base carbons as well as for C1' carbons of ribose sugars at several magnetic field strengths. The data has been interpreted in the framework of modelfree analysis [G. Lipari and A. Szabo. J Am Chem Soc 104, 4546-4559 (1982); G. Lipari and A. Szabo. J Am Chem Soc 104, 4559-4570 (1982)] characterizing the internal dynamics of the molecule by order parameters and correlation times for fast motions on picosecond to nanosecond time scale and by contributions of the chemical exchange. The fast dynamics reveals a rather rigid stem and a significantly more flexible loop. The cytosine and the last adenine bases in the loop as well as all the loop sugars exhibit a significant contribution of conformational equilibrium on microsecond to millisecond time scale. The high R(1rho) values detected on both base and sugar moieties of the loop indicate coordinated motions in this region. A semiquantitative analysis of the conformational equilibrium suggests the exchange rates on the order of 10(4) s(-1). The results are in general agreement with dynamics studies of GAAA loops by NMR relaxation and fluorescent spectroscopy and support the data on the GCAA loop dynamics obtained by MD simulations.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branisovska 31, CZ-37005 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lukás
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trantírek
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caha
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaderávek
authors.forename: Radovan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fiala
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry; D020029:Base Pairing; D001483:Base Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003596:Cytosine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011687:Purines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D011687:Purines; D012313:RNA; D003596:Cytosine; D000225:Adenine