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Kai Smith

University of Arizona

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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An A-T Hoogsteen base pair in a naked DNA hairpin motif: A Protein-Recognized Conformation

Serafima Guseva, Or Szekely, Ainan Geng, Kai Smith, Supriya Pratihar, Yeongjoon Lee, Linshu Li, Sophie Marianne Korn, Stephanie Gu, Hashim M. Al‐Hashimi

The paper shows that an A-T Hoogsteen base pair forms in naked DNA hairpins without protein binding, and identifies a DNA-specific motif stabilized by this pairing.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Apr 11, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry