Mediation of the A/B-DNA helix transition by G-tracts in the crystal structure of duplex CATGGGCCCATG.

Abstract:

:The crystal structure of the DNA dodecamer duplex CATGGGCCCATG lies on a structural continuum along the transition between A- and B-DNA. The dodecamer possesses the normal vector plot and inclination values typical of B-DNA, but has the crystal packing, helical twist, groove width, sugar pucker, slide and x-displacement values typical of A-DNA. The structure shows highly ordered water structures, such as a double spine of water molecules against each side of the major groove, stabilizing the GC base pairs in an A-like conformation. The different hydration of GC and AT base pairs provides a physical basis for solvent-dependent facilitation of the A<-->B helix transition by GC base pairs. Crystal structures of CATGGGCCCATG and other A/B-DNA intermediates support a 'slide first, roll later' mechanism for the B-->A helix transition. In the distribution of helical parameters in protein-DNA crystal structures, GpG base steps show A-like properties, reflecting their innate predisposition for the A conformation.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Ng HL,Dickerson RE

doi

10.1093/nar/gkf515

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-09-15 00:00:00

pages

4061-7

issue

18

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

journal_volume

30

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