Canonical B-DNA CGCGTTGACAACTGCAGAATC GC AT CG TA AT GC TA TA CG AT 20 Å. Minor Groove 34 Å. Major Groove 3.4 Å. Strands are antiparallel

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1 DNA

2 Canonical B-DNA 20 Å GC AT CG TA CGCGTTGACAACTGCAGAATC 34 Å AT GC TA Minor Groove 3.4 Å TA CG AT Major Groove Strands are antiparallel CG GC GC

3 Canonical B DNA First determined experimentally by fiber diffraction (Arnott) C2 -endo sugar puckers High anti glycosidic angles Right handed 10 base pairs per turn Bases perpendicular to the helix axis and stacked over the axis Overall bending as much as 15 degrees Over 230 structures 25 with base mis-pairing only cause local perturbations

4 A and B DNA allomorphs Hydration Antiparallel strands B A

5 Review of DNA Structure

6 DNA Structures: A, B and Z

7 Review of DNA Structure

8 DNA Structures: A, B and Z Property A-DNA B-DNA Z-DNA Helix Right-handed Right-handed Left-handed Sugar C2 -endo C3 -endo C2 endo (C) C3 endo (G) Base pairs /turn Pitch 28 Å 34 Å 44.6 Å Tilt 20 deg 0-7 deg Rise /bp 2.3 Å 3.4 Å 3.7 Å Diameter 23 Å 20 Å 17 Å

9 DNA grooves MAJOR MINOR Important for recognition and binding

10 Spine of Hydration

11 B-DNA (longitudinal view)

12 R.H. helix B-DNA (lateral view)

13 DNA Structures: B-DNA d(cgcgaattcgcg) d(cgcgaattcgcg)

14 A-DNA (longitudinal view)

15 R.H. helix A-DNA (lateral view)

16 DNA Structures: A-DNA d(agcttgccttgag) d(ctcaaggcaagct)

17 Canonical A DNA C3 -endo sugar puckers brings consecutive phosphates closer together 5.9A rather than 7.0 Glycosidic angle from high anti to anti Base pairs twisted and nearly 5A from helix axis Helix rise 2.56A rather than 3.4A Helix wider and 11 base pairs per repeat Major groove now deep and narrow Minor grove wide and very shallow

18 Z-DNA (longitudinal view)

19 L.H. helix Z-DNA (lateral view)

20 DNA Structures: Z-DNA d(cgcgcgcgcgcg) d(cgcgcgcgcgcg)

21 Base pairs are rotated in Z-DNA

22 Z-DNA Helix has left-handed sense Can be formed in vivo, given proper sequence and superhelical tension, but function remains obscure. Narrower, more elongated helix than A or B. Major "groove" not really groove Narrow minor groove Conformation favored by high salt concentrations, some base substitutions, but requires alternating purine-pyrimidine sequence. N2-amino of G H-bonds to 5' PO: explains slow exchange of proton, need for G purine. Base pairs nearly perpendicular to helix axis GpC repeat, not single base-pair P-P distances: vary for GpC and CpG GpC stack: good base overlap CpG: less overlap. Zigzag backbone due to C sugar conformation compensating for G glycosidic bond conformation Conformations: G; syn, C2'-endo C; anti, C3'-endo

23 Drug complexes to DNA Bound to the base pair double helix can accommodate this Bound in the minor grove show base specificity Cis-platinum drugs

24 Nucleotide triphosphates - O NH 2 N N N N O O O P O P O P O CH 5' 2 O H H O - O - O - 1' 4' 2'-deoxyadenosine 5' triphosphate H 3' 2' H OH H O HN N H 2 N N N O O O - O P O P O P O CH 5' 2 O 2'-deoxyguanosine 5' triphosphate O - O - O - 4' H H 1' H 3' 2' H OH H 2'-deoxycytidine 5' triphosphate O O O - O P O P O P O CH 5' 2 NH 2 N O N O H H O - O - O - 4' 1' H H 3' 2' OH H - O O H N O N O O O P O P O P O CH 5' 2 O O - O - O - 4' H H 1' thymidine 5' triphosphate H H 3' 2' OH H CH 3

25 Unusual DNA structures

26 Alternative base pairs Reversed Watson-Crick Watson-Crick Hoogsteen Reversed Hoogsteen

27 - note C(N3) protonation Watson-Crick + Hoogsteen = Base triplet

28 Triple helix DNA

29 Guanine Hoogsteen pairing Base tetraplex

30 Quadruplex DNA

31 Inverted repeat can lead to loop formation

32 Holliday junction DNA cruciform

33 PNA versus DNA

34 Achiral, peptide-like backbone Backbone is uncharged High thermal stability High-specificity hybridization with DNA Resistant to enzymatic degradation Can displace DNA strand of duplex Pyrimidine PNA strands can form 2:1 triplexes with ssdna Biotechnological applications Peptide Nucleic acid(pna)

35 Parallel-stranded DNA

36 I-DNA: intercalated parallel-stranded duplexes

37 α and β nucleotide anomers

38 H OH is not the only change in passing from DNA to RNA...

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