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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

For the first time, ab initio direct methods have been used to solve the crystal structure of an RNA/DNA hybrid decamer. The RNA/DNA sequence corresponds to the leftmost two-thirds of the polypurine tract (PPT), the primer for second-strand DNA synthesis by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). Direct methods using Shake-and-Bake (SnB) yielded solutions for the RNA/DNA decamer molecule using 1.15 A data, which is just on the resolution edge of what might work with direct methods. Atomic positions for 96% of the entire molecule, containing 514 non-H atoms including three Ca(2+) ions, were easily interpreted from a Fourier map based on the 'Shake-and-Bake' minimal function and CROQUE phase-refinement program. Only six atoms, primarily in the sugar linkage, were missing in this Fourier map. At present, the R factor of the model is 0.143 (R(free) = 0.186) for the 562 non-H atom sites located. The conformation of the RNA/DNA helix is A-form, with a typical A-helix minor-groove width. This paper presents the methodology used in solving this structure.

Direct-methods determination of an RNA/DNA hybrid decamer at 1.15 A resolution.,Han GW Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2001 Feb;57(Pt 2):213-8. PMID:11173466<ref>PMID:11173466</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>

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== References ==

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[[Category: Dickerson, R E]]

[[Category: Han, G W]]

[[Category: Kopka, M L]]

[[Category: Langs, D]]

[[Category: Popypurine tract sequence of hiv-1]]