2h9s

[[Image:2h9s.gif|left|200px]]

{{Structure

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|SITE=

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|ACTIVITY=

|GENE=

|RESOURCES=<span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2h9s FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2h9s OCA], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2h9s PDBsum], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2h9s RCSB]</span>

 

 

 

An experimental rationalization of the structure type encountered in DNA and RNA by systematically investigating the chemical and physical properties of alternative nucleic acids has identified systems with a variety of sugar-phosphate backbones that are capable of Watson-Crick base pairing and in some cases cross-pairing with the natural nucleic acids. The earliest among the model systems tested to date, (4' --&gt; 6')-linked oligo(2',3'-dideoxy-beta-d-glucopyranosyl)nucleotides or homo-DNA, shows stable self-pairing, but the pairing rules for the four natural bases are not the same as those in DNA. However, a complete interpretation and understanding of the properties of the hexapyranosyl (4' --&gt; 6') family of nucleic acids has been impeded until now by the lack of detailed 3D-structural data. We have determined the crystal structure of a homo-DNA octamer. It reveals a weakly twisted right-handed duplex with a strong inclination between the hexose-phosphate backbones and base-pair axes, and highly irregular values for helical rise and twist at individual base steps. The structure allows a rationalization of the inability of allo-, altro-, and glucopyranosyl-based oligonucleotides to form stable pairing systems.

 

2H9S is a [[Protein complex]] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2H9S OCA].

 

Crystal structure of homo-DNA and nature's choice of pentose over hexose in the genetic system., Egli M, Pallan PS, Pattanayek R, Wilds CJ, Lubini P, Minasov G, Dobler M, Leumann CJ, Eschenmoser A, J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Aug 23;128(33):10847-56. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16910680 16910680]

[[Category: Protein complex]]

[[Category: Egli, M.]]

[[Category: Pallan, P S.]]