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Nowakowski, J., Shim, P.J., Prasad, G.S., Stout, C.D. & Joyce,
G.F.
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"Crystal Structure of
an 82-nucleotide RNA-DNA Complex
formed by the 10-23 DNA Enzyme"
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Nature Struct. Biol., 6,
151-156
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The structure of a large nucleic acid complex formed
by the 10-23 DNA enzyme bound to an RNA substrate was determined
by X-ray diffraction at 3.0 resolution. The 82-nucleotide complex
contains two strands of DNA and two strands of RNA that form
five double-helical domains. The spatial arrangement of these
helices is maintained by two four-way junctions that exhibit
extensive base-stacking interactions and sharp turns of the phosphodiester
backbone stabilized by metal ions coordinated to nucleotides
at these junctions.Although it is unlikely that the structure
corresponds to the catalytically active conformation of the enzyme,
it represents a novel nucleic acid fold with implications for
the Holliday junction structure.
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