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Title: Low temperature structures of dCpG-proflavine.

Journal Article · · Biophys. J.

The structure of the complex of dCpG with proflavine was determined using x-ray data taken at -130 degrees C (low temperature) and at -2 degrees C (cold temperature) and compared with the structure of the complex determined previously at room temperature (Shieh, H. S., H. M. Berman, M. Dabrow, and S. Neidle. 1980. Nucleic Acids Res. 8:85-97). Low temperature was refined with 5,125 reflections between 8.0 and 0.93 A, Anisotropically modeled temperature factors were used for DNA/drug atoms and isotropic ones for water oxygens to R factor of 12.2% in P2(1)2(1)2; a = 32.853, b = 21.760, c = 13.296 A. Cold temperature was refined isotropically with 2,846 reflections 8.0-0.89 A to R = 15.1% in P2(1)2(1)2; a = 32.867, b = 22.356, c = 13.461 A. Both structures are very similar to the room temperature one, though some important differences were observed: one guanine sugar moiety is disordered and additional water molecules have been located that give rise to infinite polyhedral hydration networks.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
937879
Report Number(s):
ANL/CMB/JA-22634; BIOJAU; TRN: US200905%%685
Journal Information:
Biophys. J., Vol. 63, Issue Dec. 1992; ISSN 0006-3495
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH