167D

THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF C-C-A-T-T-A-A-T-G-G: IMPLICATIONS FOR BENDING OF B-DNA AT T-A STEPS


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 

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Literature

The crystal structure of C-C-A-T-T-A-A-T-G-G. Implications for bending of B-DNA at T-A steps.

Goodsell, D.S.Kaczor-Grzeskowiak, M.Dickerson, R.E.

(1994) J Mol Biol 239: 79-96

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1994.1352
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    167D

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The single-crystal X-ray analysis of trigonal C-C-A-T-T-A-A-T-G-G, and its comparison with orthorhombic C-G-A-T-T-A-A-T-C-G, have shown that the A-T-T-A-A-T sequence has limited polymorphism under the influence of packing forces from neighboring molecules in the crystal. The T-A step is intrinsically variable. It is not inconsistent with a large propeller twist, a narrow minor groove, and a single spine of hydration, as has sometimes been claimed on theoretical grounds. The T-A step does show a persistent positive roll, in a direction that compresses the major groove, and this may be a significant factor in macroscopic DNA curvature induced by phased A-tracts. A-tracts, as understood in this paper, include A-A and A-T steps, but not the T-A step, which is disruptive. Three conclusions regarding A-tract-induced curvature can be drawn from this and other X-ray crystal structure analyses, and from key gel retardation experiments: (1) The A-tract bending model is disqualified on two grounds: (i) tilt-wedge bending within A-tracts is incompatible with the observed direction of curvature; (ii) roll-wedge bending within A-tracts is contradicted by every crystal structure analysis, and is inconsistent with gel retardation results for (G-C-A-A-A-A-T-T-T-T)n and for (A-A-A-A-A-T-T-T-T-T)n. (2) The junction bend model is contradicted by crystallography because: (i) the inclination of base-pairs does not change between A-tract and non-A-tract regions of helix; and (ii) the observed bends at GC/AT junctions are roll-wedge bends, not tilt-wedge as the junction bend model demands. (3) The non-A-tract bending model is consistent with both gel retardation data and with X-ray crystallography, and must be regarded as the only consistent model for A-tract bending.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 90024.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA (5'-D(*CP*CP*AP*TP*TP*AP*AP*TP*GP*G)-3')
A, B
10N/A
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  • Reference Sequence
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.30 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 
  • Space Group: P 32 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 33.2α = 90
b = 33.2β = 90
c = 96.04γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
NUCLSQrefinement

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 1994-08-31
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  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-22
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  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
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  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-07
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