1pnn | pdb_00001pnn
PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID (PNA) COMPLEXED WITH DNA
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Overview
The crystal structure of a nucleic acid triplex reveals a helix, designated P-form, that differs from previously reported nucleic acid, structures. The triplex consists of one polypurine DNA strand complexed to, a polypyrimidine hairpin peptide nucleic acid (PNA) and was successfully, designed to promote Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen base pairing. The P-form, helix is underwound, with a base tilt similar to B-form DNA. The bases are, displaced from the helix axis even more than in A-form DNA. Hydrogen bonds, between the DNA backbone and the Hoogsteen PNA backbone explain the, observation that polypyrimidine PNA sequences form highly stable 2:1, PNA-DNA complexes. This structure expands the number of known stable, helical forms that nucleic acids can adopt.
About this Structure
1PNN is a Protein complex structure of sequences from [1]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
A nucleic acid triple helix formed by a peptide nucleic acid-DNA complex., Betts L, Josey JA, Veal JM, Jordan SR, Science. 1995 Dec 15;270(5243):1838-41. PMID:8525381
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