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ArticleBiophysical journal2006

Overview of the structure of all-AT oligonucleotides: organization in helices and packing interactions.

Lourdes Campos, Núria Valls, Lourdes Urpí, Catherine Gouyette, Trinidad Sanmartín, Michael Richter, Elida Alechaga, Alicia Santaolalla, Roberto Baldini, Marc Creixell and 4 more

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  6. In and out of the minor groove: interaction of an AT-rich DNA with the drug CD27.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography · 2014
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  7. End-to-end attraction of duplex DNA.Nucleic acids research · 2012
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  8. Right-handed double-helix ultrashort DNA yields chiral nematic phases with both right- and left-handed director twist.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010
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14 authors.

Lourdes CamposDepartament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Núria Valls
Lourdes Urpí
Catherine Gouyette
Trinidad Sanmartín
Michael Richter
Elida Alechaga
Alicia Santaolalla
Roberto Baldini
Marc Creixell
Ruth Ciurans
Petr Skokan
Joan Pous
Juan A Subirana

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Abstract

We present the crystalline organization of 33 all-AT deoxyoligonucleotide duplexes, studied by x-ray diffraction. Most of them have very similar structures, with Watson-Crick basepairs and a standard average twist close to 36 degrees. The molecules are organized as parallel columns of stacked duplexes in a helical arrangement. Such organization of duplexes is very regular and repetitive: all sequences show the same pattern. It is mainly determined by the stacking of the terminal basepairs, so that the twist in the virtual TA base step between neighbor duplexes is always negative, approximately -22 degrees. The distance between the axes of parallel columns is practically identical in all cases, approximately 26 A. Interestingly, it coincides with that found in DNA viruses and fibers in their hexagonal phase. It appears to be a characteristic distance for ordered parallel DNA molecules. This feature is due to the absence of short range intermolecular forces, which are usually due to the presence of CG basepairs at the end of the oligonucleotide sequence. The duplexes apparently interact only through their diffuse ionic atmospheres. The results obtained can thus be considered as intermediate between liquid crystals, fibers, and standard crystal structures. They provide new information on medium range DNA-DNA interactions.

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Base CompositionBase PairingCrystallizationModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationOligonucleotidesOscillometryTemperatureX-Ray DiffractionOligonucleotides

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PMID16698788
PMCPMC1563779

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