Research Article

Guanosine Quadruplexes in Solution: A Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Analysis of Temperature Effects on Self-Assembling of Deoxyguanosine Monophosphate

Table 3

Thermodynamic parameters for the different chemical equilibria described by (5). Data are reported on a per mole of guanosine basis.

Reaction Δ 𝐺 2 5 C kcal m o l 1 Δ 𝐻 0 kcal m o l 1 Δ 𝑆 0 cal m o l 1 K 1

Quadruplex dissociation to octamers 0 . 1 8 ± 0 . 0 5 3 7 ± 8 1 2 2 ± 2 6
Octamer unfolding to G-quartets 0 . 2 6 ± 0 . 0 3 4 5 ± 6 1 4 9 ± 2 0
Quadruplex unfolding to G-quartets 0 . 4 5 ± 0 . 0 5 2 2 ± 1 0 7 3 ± 3 4
G-quartet melting to free d(pG) 2 . 3 6 ± 0 . 0 4 6 4 ± 7 2 0 5 ± 2 2