4NH6

Structure of human Dicer Platform-PAZ-Connector Helix cassette in complex with 15-mer siRNA having 5'-pUUU and UU-3' ends (2.55 Angstrom resolution)

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP	8.5	293	0.2 M sodium chloride, 0.05 M Tris-HCl, pH 8.3-8.8, 12-15% PEG20000, VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP, temperature 293K

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
3.01	59.15

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 117.036	α = 90
b = 84.126	β = 109.67
c = 51.496	γ = 90

Symmetry
Space Group	C 1 2 1

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray	100	CCD	ADSC QUANTUM 315		2010-07-07	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	SYNCHROTRON	APS BEAMLINE 24-ID-E	0.97949	APS	24-ID-E

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	2.55	50	99.5	0.073	10.4	4		15309			56.26

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	2.55	2.64	96.7		0.449		3.9	1476

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Starting model	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	R-Free Selection Details	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION	MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT	THROUGHOUT	PDB ENTRY 4NGD	2.551	33.666	1.36	15281	766	99.28	0.196	0.1932	0.2451	RANDOM	84.1671

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
f_dihedral_angle_d	14.289
f_angle_d	1.089
f_chiral_restr	0.069
f_bond_d	0.007
f_plane_restr	0.005

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms	2196
Nucleic Acid Atoms	307
Solvent Atoms	17
Heterogen Atoms

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
DENZO	data reduction
SCALEPACK	data scaling
PHASER	phasing
PHENIX	refinement
PDB_EXTRACT	data extraction
HKL-2000	data reduction

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DBI-2321666), 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.