1ma8

A-DNA decamer GCGTA(UMS)ACGC with incorporated 2'-methylseleno-uridine

spinqualitylabelsall models 1ma8, resolution 1.30Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1ma8 is a 2 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. NonStd Res: UMS Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Selenium was incorporated into an oligodeoxynucleotide in the form of 2'-methylseleno-uridine (U(Se)). The X-ray crystal structure of the duplex left open bracket d(GCGTA)U(Se)d(ACGC) right open bracket (2) was determined by the multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) technique and refined to a resolution of 1.3 A, demonstrating that selenium can selectively substitute oxygen in DNA and that the resulting compounds are chemically stable. Since derivatization at the 2'-alpha-position with selenium does not affect the preference of the sugar for the C3'-endo conformation, this strategy is suitable for incorporating selenium into RNA. The availability of selenium-containing nucleic acids for crystallographic phasing offers an attractive alternative to the commonly used halogenated pyrimidines. Covalent incorporation of selenium into oligonucleotides for X-ray crystal structure determination via MAD: proof of principle. Multiwavelength anomalous dispersion.,Teplova M, Wilds CJ, Wawrzak Z, Tereshko V, Du Q, Carrasco N, Huang Z, Egli M Biochimie. 2002 Sep;84(9):849-58. PMID:12458077 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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