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THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF D(CGCGAASSCGCG)2: A SYNTHETIC DNA DODECAMER DUPLEX CONTAINING FOUR 4'-THIO-2'-DEOXYTHYMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP	6		pH 6.00, VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.25	45.38

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 24.993	α = 90
b = 40.364	β = 90
c = 65.993	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		IMAGE PLATE	RIGAKU RAXIS II			M

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	ROTATING ANODE	RIGAKU RU200

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (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	2.4						2820

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		2.4	8	2	2605			0.201	0.201

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_angle_deg	3.53
x_bond_d	0.018
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
x_dihedral_angle_d_na
x_dihedral_angle_d_prot
x_improper_angle_d
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	486
Solvent Atoms	67
Heterogen Atoms

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
X-PLOR	refinement