Research Article

The Effects of Molecular Crowding on the Structure and Stability of G-Quadruplexes with an Abasic Site

Table 2

Thermodynamic parameters of AP series for the formation of G-quadruplexa.

PEG200
(wt%)
b
(°C)

(kcal mol−1)

(kcal mol−1)

(kcal mol−1)
c
(kcal mol−1)
d
(kcal mol−1)

AP-0058.1−47.9 ± 0.3−44.8 ± 0.3−3.1 ± 0.4−2.3 ± 1.0
4066.9−62.1 ± 1.0−56.6 ± 0.8−5.5 ± 1.0
AP-1052.2−41.3 ± 0.4−39.4 ± 0.5−1.9 ± 0.6−1.6 ± 1.01.2 ± 0.7
4061.9−46.5 ± 0.6−43.0 ± 0.6−3.5 ± 0.81.9 ± 1.2
AP-2044.2−40.8 ± 0.5−39.9 ± 0.5−0.9 ± 0.3−1.5 ± 1.02.2 ± 0.5
4053.2−48.2 ± 0.8−45.8 ± 0.7−2.4 ± 0.83.0 ± 1.3
AP-3050.0−42.1 ± 0.6−40.4 ± 0.6−1.7 ± 0.7−1.2 ± 1.51.4 ± 0.8
4057.2−47.9 ± 1.0−45.0 ± 0.9−2.9 ± 1.42.5 ± 1.7
AP-4039.1−38.6 ± 0.3−38.3 ± 0.3−0.3 ± 0.3−1.1 ± 0.32.8 ± 0.5
4046.2−47.9 ± 0.4−46.3 ± 0.3−1.4 ± 0.34.0 ± 1.0
AP-5030.9−32.6 ± 0.3−33.3 ± 0.30.7 ± 0.3−1.7 ± 0.63.8 ± 0.5
4043.8−46.1 ± 0.4−45.1 ± 0.4−1.0 ± 0.54.4 ± 1.1
AP-6047.0−40.7 ± 0.4−39.4 ± 0.4−1.3 ± 0.6−1.5 ± 0.91.8 ± 0.7
4056.1−48.1 ± 0.6−45.3 ± 0.6−2.8 ± 0.72.6 ± 1.2
AP-7043.5−45.1 ± 0.4−44.2 ± 0.4−0.9 ± 0.5−1.3 ± 0.92.2 ± 0.6
4051.3−48.4 ± 0.4−46.1 ± 0.4−2.2 ± 0.53.2 ± 1.1
AP-8033.5−31.3 ± 0.3−31.7 ± 0.30.4 ± 0.3−1.8 ± 0.63.5 ± 0.5
4046.7−46.4 ± 0.3−45.0 ± 0.3−1.4 ± 0.34.0 ± 1.0
AP-9041.1−35.2 ± 0.2−33.3 ± 0.3−0.5 ± 0.3−1.4 ± 0.42.6 ± 0.5
4049.5−47.5 ± 0.4−45.6 ± 0.3−1.9 ± 0.33.5 ± 1.0
AP-10038.8−37.5 ± 0.4−37.3 ± 0.4−0.2 ± 0.5−1.3 ± 0.62.9 ± 0.6
4048.0−44.8 ± 0.3−43.3 ± 0.3−1.5 ± 0.43.9 ± 1.1
AP-11036.4−33.3 ± 0.7−33.5 ± 0.70.2 ± 0.7−1.9 ± 1.13.3 ± 0.9
4048.1−42.8 ± 0.7−41.1 ± 0.6−1.7 ± 0.73.7 ± 1.2

aThe error values were calculate as shown in [44].
b is the melting temperature at 20 μM total strand concentration.
c .
d ( indicates the numbers from 1 to 11).