1M6G

Structural Characterisation of the Holliday Junction TCGGTACCGA


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.65 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 

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Literature

Conformational and hydration effects of site-selective sodium, calcium and strontium ion binding to the DNA Holliday junction structure d(TCGGTACCGA)(4)

Thorpe, J.H.Gale, B.C.Teixeira, S.C.M.Cardin, C.J.

(2003) J Mol Biol 327: 97-109

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00088-3
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1L4J, 1M6G

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The role of metal ions in determining the solution conformation of the Holliday junction is well established, but to date the picture of metal ion binding from structural studies of the four-way DNA junction is very incomplete. Here we present two refined structures of the Holliday junction formed by the sequence d(TCGGTACCGA) in the presence of Na(+) and Ca(2+), and separately with Sr(2+) to resolutions of 1.85A and 1.65A, respectively. This sequence includes the ACC core found to promote spontaneous junction formation, but its structure has not previously been reported. Almost complete hydration spheres can be defined for each metal cation. The Na(+) sites, the most convincing observation of such sites in junctions to date, are one on either face of the junction crossover region, and stabilise the ordered hydration inside the junction arms. The four Ca(2+) sites in the same structure are at the CG/CG steps in the minor groove. The Sr(2+) ions occupy the TC/AG, GG/CC, and TA/TA sites in the minor groove, giving ten positions forming two spines of ions, spiralling through the minor grooves within each arm of the stacked-X structure. The two structures were solved in the two different C2 lattices previously observed, with the Sr(2+) derivative crystallising in the more highly symmetrical form with two-fold symmetry at its centre. Both structures show an opening of the minor groove face of the junction of 8.4 degrees in the Ca(2+) and Na(+) containing structure, and 13.4 degrees in the Sr(2+) containing structure. The crossover angles at the junction are 39.3 degrees and 43.3 degrees, respectively. In addition to this, a relative shift in the base pair stack alignment of the arms of 2.3A is observed for the Sr(2+) containing structure only. Overall these results provide an insight into the so-far elusive stabilising ion structure for the DNA Holliday junction.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Chemistry, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AD, UK.


Macromolecules

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

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.65 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.296 
  • R-Value Work: 0.215 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.215 
  • Space Group: C 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 64.302α = 90
b = 25.034β = 110.04
c = 36.778γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
SCALAdata scaling
XTALVIEWrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
CCP4data scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2003-05-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-28
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2019-07-24
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations