Crystal structure of a DNA duplex containing four Ag(i) ions in consecutive dinuclear Ag(i)-mediated base pairs: 4-thiothymine-2Ag(i)-4-thiothymine
Kondo, J., Sugawara, T., Saneyoshi, H., Ono, A.(2017) Chem Commun (Camb) 53: 11747-11750
- PubMed: 28991300 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc06153f
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5XUV - PubMed Abstract: 
Herein, we determined a high-resolution crystal structure of a B-form DNA duplex containing consecutive dinuclear metal ion-mediated base pairs, namely, 4-thiothymine-2Ag(i)-4-thiothymine (S-2Ag(i)-S), and four Ag(i) ions form a rectangular network and the distances between the Ag(i) ions are 2.8-3.2 Å, which may indicate the existence of metallophilic attractions.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan. j.kondo@sophia.ac.jp.