Issue June 2000

category image Volume 17
No. 6 (p 933-1192)
June 2000
ISSN 0739-1102

Structure of Poly (dT)·Poly (dA)·Poly (dT) (p. 1011-1022)

The molecular structure of poly (dT)·poly (dA)·poly (dT) has been determined and refined using the continuous x-ray intensity data on layer lines in the diffraction pattern obtained from an oriented fiber of the DNA. The final R-value for the preferred structure is 0.29 significantly lower than that for plausible alternatives. The molecule forms a 12-fold right-handed triple-helix of pitch 38.4 Å and each base triplet is stabilized by a set of four Crick-Watson-Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds. The deoxyribose rings in all the three strands have C2'-endo conformations. The grooveless cylindrical shape of the triple-helix is consistent with the lack of lateral organization in the fiber.

Rengaswami Chandrasekaran*
Andrea Giacometti1
Struther Arnott

Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research
1160 Food Science Building
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
1Current address:
Dept. of Environmental Science
Facolta di Scienze MM.FF.NN
University of Ca? Foscari
Calle Larga S. Marta, 2137
I-30123 - Venezia, Italy
*chandra@purdue.edu

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