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| Title: |  | ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE A-DNA OCTAMER D(GTACGTAC). COMPARISON WITH THE TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE |  |
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| Molecular Description: | 5'-D(GpTpApCpGpTpApC)-3' ORTHORHOMBIC |
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| Structural Features: | A DOUBLE HELIX |
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| Nucleic Acid Sequence: |
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| Chains | A,B: | | (DG) (DT) (DA) (DC) (DG) (DT) (DA) (DC) |
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| Primary Citation: | Langlois d'Estaintot, B., Dautant, A., Courseille, C., Precigoux, G.
Orthorhombic crystal structure of the A-DNA octamer d(GTACGTAC). Comparison with the tetragonal structure.
Eur.J.Biochem.
, 213,
pp. 673 - 682, 1993.
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| Experimental Information: | X-RAY DIFFRACTION |
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| Space Group: |
P
21
21
2
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| Cell Constants: |
| a = 38.605 | b = 50.824 | c = 21.740 | (Ångstroms) |
= 90.00 | = 90.00 | = 90.00 | (degrees) |
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| Refinement: | The structure was refined using the NUCLSQ program.
The R value is
16.1
for 1516 reflections
in the resolution range 10.000 to
2.190 Ångstroms
with Fobs > 4.000 sigma(Fobs).
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