Purushothaman Monica, Varghese Anna, Mandal Pradeep Kumar, Gautham Namasivayam
CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 025, India.
Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), 2 Rue Robert Escarpit, 33607 Pessac CEDEX, France.
Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2014 Jul;70(Pt 7):860-5. doi: 10.1107/S2053230X1401084X. Epub 2014 Jun 18.
The crystal structure of the tetradecanucleotide d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)2 has previously been reported as an A-type double helix at a resolution of 2.5 Å in space group P41. Here, the structure of this sequence was determined at a significantly higher resolution of 1.65 Å in space group P4₁2₁2. The differences in crystal packing between the former and latter are described. The crystallographic asymmetric unit consists of one tetradecanucleotide duplex that spans more than one full turn of the A-helix. This structure allowed the unambiguous identification of solvent interactions.
十四聚体核苷酸d(CCCCGGTACCGGGG)₂的晶体结构先前已被报道为空间群P4₁中分辨率为2.5 Å的A型双螺旋结构。在此,该序列的结构在空间群P4₁2₁2中以1.65 Å的显著更高分辨率得以确定。描述了前后两者晶体堆积的差异。晶体学不对称单元由一个跨越A螺旋一圈多的十四聚体核苷酸双链体组成。该结构使得溶剂相互作用得以明确识别。