279D

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE SELF-COMPLEMENTARY 5'-PURINE START DECAMER D(GCGCGCGCGC) IN THE Z-DNA CONFORMATION-PART I

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP	7		pH 7.00, VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
1.78	30.78

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 18.1	α = 90
b = 18.1	β = 90
c = 43.1	γ = 120

Symmetry
Space Group	P 65 2 2

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray		AREA DETECTOR	SIEMENS-NICOLET		1994-04-13	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	ROTATING ANODE	MACSCIENCE

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	1.9	20	96.4	0.022		5	2020	401	1

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		1.9	8	1	340			0.186	0.186

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]

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
x_dihedral_angle_d	31
x_improper_angle_d	3.4
x_angle_deg	3.3
x_bond_d	0.012
x_bond_d_na
x_bond_d_prot
x_angle_d
x_angle_d_na
x_angle_d_prot
x_angle_deg_na
x_angle_deg_prot
x_dihedral_angle_d_na
x_dihedral_angle_d_prot
x_improper_angle_d_na
x_improper_angle_d_prot
x_mcbond_it
x_mcangle_it
x_scbond_it
x_scangle_it

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms
Nucleic Acid Atoms	41
Solvent Atoms	14
Heterogen Atoms

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	refinement
XENGEN	data reduction