| Literature DB >> 10688897 |
H L Ng1, M L Kopka, R E Dickerson.
Abstract
The DNA dodecamer CATGGGCCCATG in a crystal structure of resolution 1.3 A has a conformation intermediate between A and B DNA. This trapping of a stable intermediate suggests that the A and B DNA families are not discrete, as previously believed. The structure supports a base-centered rather than a backbone-centered mechanism for the A <--> B transition mediated by guanine tracts. Interconversion between A and B DNA provides another means for regulating protein-DNA recognition.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10688897 PMCID: PMC15749 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.040571197
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205