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EVIDENCE FOR A NEW Z-TYPE LEFT-HANDED DNA HELIX: PROPERTIES OF Z(WC)-DNA

spinqualitylabelsall models 5zna Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, PDBsum Publication Abstract from PubMed The structure of Z-DNA, currently accepted as a model for all left-handed DNAs, fails to provide convincing explanations for at least four well established properties of left-handed DNA polymers in solution. However, the major discrepancies between theory and experiment are resolved by the structure presently proposed for Z[WC]-DNA, a new left-handed, zig-zag double helix with Watson-Crick-type backbone directions. Structural features of Z[WC]-DNA include the presence of an additional H-bond between each guanine N2-amino group and an adjacent phosphate oxygen, the capacity to form four-stranded, base-matched complexes that should readily precipitate from solution, and backbone progressions that are the same as B-DNA (opposite to Z-DNA). However, since Z[WC]-DNA and Z-DNA have many parameters in common, they could be difficult to distinguish in a majority of existing experiments. In view of the close relationship of the new helix to B-DNA, which allows a relatively unhindered right-to-left transition in handedness, Z[WC]-DNA is theorized to be the left-handed structure preferentially generated in vivo by the torque available in naturally occurring DNA supercoils. Evidence for a new Z-type left-handed DNA helix: properties of Z(WC)-DNA.,Ansevin AT, Wang AH Nucleic Acids Res. 1990 Oct 25;18(20):6119-26. PMID:2235494 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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