4QCL

Crystal structure of the catalytic core of human DNA polymerase alpha in ternary complex with an RNA-primed DNA template and dCTP

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP	6.5	298	reservoir solution: 0.8 mm zinc sulfate, 50 mm MES buffer pH 6.5, 8.8% v/v PEG MME 550; cryo solution: 100 mm potassium chloride, 0.8 mm zinc sulfate, 50 mm MES buffer pH 6.5, 1.1 magnesium chloride, 15% v/v PEG MME 550, 15% v/v ethylene glycol;, VAPOR DIFFUSION, SITTING DROP, temperature 298K

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
4.49	72.6

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 140.763	α = 90
b = 140.763	β = 90
c = 181.315	γ = 120

Symmetry
Space Group	P 32 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			M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	SYNCHROTRON	APS BEAMLINE 24-ID-E		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	2.2	40	91	0.055	19.76	2.7		95874			30.4

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	2.2	2.24	81		0.531	1	1.9	4196

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	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	2.2	29.51	93409	4683	88.6	0.21	0.21	0.239	RANDOM	51.1

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]
-0.92	2.54		-0.92		1.83

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
c_dihedral_angle_d	21.7
c_angle_deg	1.3
c_improper_angle_d	0.95
c_bond_d	0.007
c_bond_d_na
c_bond_d_prot
c_angle_d
c_angle_d_na
c_angle_d_prot
c_angle_deg_na
c_angle_deg_prot
c_dihedral_angle_d_na
c_dihedral_angle_d_prot
c_improper_angle_d_na
c_improper_angle_d_prot
c_mcbond_it
c_mcangle_it
c_scbond_it
c_scangle_it

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms	6947
Nucleic Acid Atoms	496
Solvent Atoms	414
Heterogen Atoms	53

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
HKL-2000	data collection
CNS	refinement
HKL-2000	data reduction
HKL-2000	data scaling
CNS	phasing