1J8L

Molecular and Crystal Structure of D(CGCAAATTMO4CGCG): the Watson-Crick Type N4-Methoxycytidine/Adenosine Base Pair in B-DNA

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP	7	277	MPD, spermine, magnesium acetate, sodium cacodylate, sodum chloride, pH 7.0, VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP, temperature 277K

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.15	42.77

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 24.8	α = 90
b = 40.3	β = 90
c = 65.5	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	100	DIFFRACTOMETER	WEISSENBERG		2000-12-12	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	SYNCHROTRON	PHOTON FACTORY BEAMLINE BL-18B	1.0	Photon Factory	BL-18B

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge I (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	1.6	100	86.1	0.058		8	62759	7855

Highest Resolution Shell
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (All)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge I (Observed)	Mean I Over Sigma (Observed)	Redundancy	Number Unique Reflections (All)
	1.6	1.69	38.4		0.132	5.5

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Starting model	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Cut-off Sigma (F)	Number Reflections (All)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Work	R-Free	R-Free Selection Details	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION	MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT	THROUGHOUT	PDB ENTRY 355D	1.6	10	3	6515	685		0.218	0.258	RANDOM

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]
7.27			-0.96		-6.31

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
c_dihedral_angle_d	20.7
c_improper_angle_d	1.36
c_angle_deg	0.9
c_bond_d	0.004

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms
Nucleic Acid Atoms	484
Solvent Atoms	105
Heterogen Atoms	11

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
AMoRE	phasing
CNS	refinement
MOSFLM	data reduction
CCP4	data scaling

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the National Science Foundation (DBI-1832184), the US Department of Energy (DE-SC0019749), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant R01GM133198.