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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN OKAZAKI FRAGMENT AT 2 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION
Overview
In DNA replication, Okazaki fragments are formed as double-stranded intermediates during synthesis of the lagging strand. They are composed of the growing DNA strand primed by RNA and the template strand. The DNA oligonucleotide d(GGGTATACGC) and the chimeric RNA-DNA oligonucleotide r(GCG)d(TATACCC) were combined to form a synthetic Okazaki fragment and its three-dimensional structure was determined by x-ray crystallography. The fragment adopts an overall A-type conformation with 11 residues per turn. Although the base-pair geometry, particularly in the central TATA part, is distorted, there is no evidence for a transition from the A- to the B-type conformation at the junction between RNA.DNA hybrid and DNA duplex. The RNA trimer may, therefore, lock the complete fragment in an A-type conformation.
About this Structure
Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of an Okazaki fragment at 2-A resolution., Egli M, Usman N, Zhang SG, Rich A, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Jan 15;89(2):534-8. PMID:1370582 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 03:47:57 2008
