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| Title: |  | THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF N4-METHYLCYTOSINE.GUANOSIN BASE-PAIRS IN THE SYNTHETIC HEXANUCLEOTIDE D(CGCGM(4)CG) |  |
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| Molecular Description: | 5'-D(CpGpCpGp(C34)pG)-3' |
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| Structural Features: | Z DOUBLE HELIX |
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| Nucleic Acid Sequence: |
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| Chains | A,B: | | (DC) (DG) (DC) (DG) (C34) (DG) |
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| Primary Citation: | Cervi, A.R., Guy, A., Leonard, G.A., Teoule, R., Hunter, W.N.
The crystal structure of N4-methylcytosine.guanosine base-pairs in the synthetic hexanucleotide d(CGCGm4CG).
Nucleic Acids Res.
, 21,
pp. 5623 - 5629, 1993.
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| Experimental Information: | X-RAY DIFFRACTION |
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| Space Group: |
P
21
21
21
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| Cell Constants: |
| a = 17.980 | b = 30.770 | c = 44.760 | (Ångstroms) |
= 90.00 | = 90.00 | = 90.00 | (degrees) |
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| Refinement: | The structure was refined using the NUCLSQ, X-PLOR program.
The R value is
18.9
for 1495 reflections
in the resolution range 8.000 to
1.800 Ångstroms
with Fobs > 1.000 sigma(Fobs).
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