3EY3

A Conformational Transition in the Structure of a 2'-Thiomethyl-Modified DNA Visualized at High Resolution

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Starting Model(s)

Initial Refinement Model(s)
Type	Source	Accession Code	Details
experimental model	PDB	3EY1	Modified DNA duplex alone from PDB 3EY1 (generated by using the rotation matrix -1.0 0.0 0.0; 0.0 1.0 0.0; 0.0 0.0 -1.0)

Crystallization

Crystalization Experiments
ID	Method	pH	Temperature	Details
1	VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP	7	291	5% MPD, 20 mM Na Cacodylate pH 7.0, 6 mM Spermine tetra-HCl, 20 mM LiCl, 40 mM SrCl2., VAPOR DIFFUSION, HANGING DROP, temperature 291K

Crystal Properties
Matthews coefficient	Solvent content
2.58	52.25

Crystal Data

Unit Cell
Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 40.074	α = 90
b = 43.218	β = 90
c = 88.712	γ = 90

Symmetry
Space Group	P 21 21 21

Diffraction

Diffraction Experiment
ID #	Crystal ID	Scattering Type	Data Collection Temperature	Detector	Detector Type	Details	Collection Date	Monochromator	Protocol
1	1	x-ray	120	CCD	MARMOSAIC 225 mm CCD		2005-04-03	M	SINGLE WAVELENGTH

Radiation Source
ID #	Source	Type	Wavelength List	Synchrotron Site	Beamline
1	SYNCHROTRON	APS BEAMLINE 5ID-B	0.9200	APS	5ID-B

Data Collection

Overall
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge I (Observed)	Net I Over Average Sigma (I)	Redundancy	Number Reflections (All)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Observed Criterion Sigma (F)	Observed Criterion Sigma (I)	B (Isotropic) From Wilson Plot
1	1.25	6.9	96.4	0.053	15.1		44892	43276

Highest Resolution Shell
ID #	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Percent Possible (All)	Percent Possible (Observed)	R Merge I (Observed)	Mean I Over Sigma (Observed)	Redundancy	Number Unique Reflections (All)
	1.25	1.33			0.38	3.92		3321

Refinement

Statistics
Diffraction ID	Structure Solution Method	Cross Validation method	Starting model	Resolution (High)	Resolution (Low)	Number Reflections (Observed)	Number Reflections (R-Free)	Percent Reflections (Observed)	R-Factor (Observed)	R-Work	R-Free	R-Free Selection Details	Mean Isotropic B
X-RAY DIFFRACTION	MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT	THROUGHOUT	Modified DNA duplex alone from PDB 3EY1 (generated by using the rotation matrix -1.0 0.0 0.0; 0.0 1.0 0.0; 0.0 0.0 -1.0)	1.25	6.9	43158	4317	99.7	0.147	0.147	0.207	Random

Temperature Factor Modeling
Anisotropic B[1][1]	Anisotropic B[1][2]	Anisotropic B[1][3]	Anisotropic B[2][2]	Anisotropic B[2][3]	Anisotropic B[3][3]

RMS Deviations
Key	Refinement Restraint Deviation
s_angle_d	0.028
s_bond_d	0.013

Non-Hydrogen Atoms Used in Refinement
Non-Hydrogen Atoms	Number
Protein Atoms
Nucleic Acid Atoms	985
Solvent Atoms	349
Heterogen Atoms	23

Software

Software
Software Name	Purpose
MAR345	data collection
MOLREP	phasing
SHELXL-97	refinement
XDS	data reduction
XDS	data scaling

RCSB PDB Core Operations are funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (DBI-2321666), the US Department of Energy (DE-SC0019749), and the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under grant R01GM157729.