392d | pdb_0000392d
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STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY AND NEW INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF Z-DNA IN CRYSTALS OF D(PCPGPCPGPCPG)
Overview
We have determined the single crystal x-ray structure of the synthetic DNA, hexamer d(pCpGpCpGpCpG) in two different crystal forms. The hexamer, pCGCGCG has the Z-DNA conformation and in both cases the asymmetric unit, contains more than one Z-DNA duplex. Crystals belong to the space group, C222(1) with a = 69.73, b = 52.63, and c = 26.21 A, and to the space group, P2(1) with a = 49.87, b = 41.26, c = 21.91 A, and gamma = 97.12 degrees., Both crystals show new crystal packing modes. The molecules also show, striking new features when compared with previously determined Z-DNA, structures: 1) the bases in one duplex have a large inclination with, respect to the helical axis, which alters the overall shape of the, molecule. 2) Some cytosine nitrogens interact by hydrogen bonding with, phosphates in neighbor molecules. Similar base-phosphate interactions had, been previously detected in some B-DNA crystals. 3) Basepair stacking, between the ends of neighbor molecules is variable and no helical, continuity is maintained between contiguous hexamer duplexes.
About this Structure
392D is a Protein complex structure of sequences from [1] with MG as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structural variability and new intermolecular interactions of Z-DNA in crystals of d(pCpGpCpGpCpG)., Malinina L, Tereshko V, Ivanova E, Subirana JA, Zarytova V, Nekrasov Y, Biophys J. 1998 May;74(5):2482-90. PMID:9591674
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