1DCG

THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF THE LEFT-HANDED Z-DNA DOUBLE HELIX AT 1.0 ANGSTROM ATOMIC RESOLUTION. GEOMETRY, CONFORMATION, AND IONIC INTERACTIONS OF D(CGCGCG)

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION			VAPOR DIFFUSION

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
1.73	28.85

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 18.01	α = 90
b = 31.03	β = 90
c = 44.8	γ = 90

Symmetry
Space Group	P 21 21 21

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray		DIFFRACTOMETER	NICOLET P3

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (Observed)	Net I Over Average Sigma (I)	Redundancy	Number Reflections (All)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Observed Criterion Sigma (F)	Observed Criterion Sigma (I)	B (Isotropic) From Wilson Plot
1	1						10893	2

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Cut-off Sigma (F)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Factor (Observed)	R-Work	R-Free	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION		1		2	10893			0.175

Temperature Factor Modeling
Anisotropic B[1][1]	Anisotropic B[1][2]	Anisotropic B[1][3]	Anisotropic B[2][2]	Anisotropic B[2][3]	Anisotropic B[3][3]

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms
Nucleic Acid Atoms	240
Solvent Atoms	84
Heterogen Atoms	4

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
NUCLSQ	refinement