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The NMR structural analysis of the symmetric 2:1 complex of AR-1-144 and GAACCGGTTC revealed that each AR-1-144 binds to four base pairs with the guanine N2 amino group forming a bifurcated hydrogen bond to a side-by-side Im/Im pair. We then predicted that the free G-N2 amino group in a T:G wobble base pair can form two individual hydrogen bonds to a side-by-side Im/Im pair. Thus an Im/Im pair may be a good recognition motif for a T:G base pair in DNA. The cooperative and tight binding of an AR-1-144 homo-dimer to GAA CTGGTTC permits a detailed structural analysis by 2D-NOE NMR refinement and the refined structure confirms our prediction. Surprisingly, AR-1-144 does not bind to GAATCGGTTC. We further show that both the Im-Im-Im/Im-Py-Im hetero-dimer and the Im-Im-Im/Im-Im-Im homo-dimer bind strongly to the CACGG&barbelow;GTC+GACT&barbelow;CGTG duplex. These results suggest that an Im/Im pair can specifically recognize a single T:G mismatch. 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