9VUN | pdb_00009vun

Crystal structure of the DNA/RNA hybrid, D(CGTCTCCAGGCAAC)/R(GUUGCCUGGAGACG)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb9VUN/pdb

• Classification: DNA-RNA HYBRID
• Organism(s): synthetic construct
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2025-07-13 Released: 2026-02-11 
• Deposition Author(s): Ren, Y., Huang, L.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.72 Å
• R-Value Free: 
  0.243 (Depositor), 0.243 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work: 
  0.194 (Depositor), 0.195 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 
  0.199 (Depositor) 

Starting Model: in silico

Literature

Unlocking the potential of diarylmethane dyes for living systems

Wang, J., Ren, Y., Huang, Y., Qian, Z., Tang, J., Huang, Z., Chen, S., Huang, L., Tan, J.

(2026) Chem 

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102883

Biological Assembly 1  

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 8.74 kDa 
• Atom Count: 579 
• Modeled Residue Count: 28 
• Deposited Residue Count: 28 
• Unique nucleic acid chains: 2

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
RNA (5'-R(*GP*UP*UP*GP*CP*CP*UP*GP*GP*AP*GP*AP*CP*G)-3')	A	14	synthetic construct

Entity ID: 2
Molecule	Chains	Length	Organism	Image
DNA (5'-D(*CP*GP*TP*CP*TP*CP*CP*AP*GP*GP*CP*AP*AP*C)-3')	B	14	synthetic construct

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 2.72 Å
• R-Value Free:  0.243 (Depositor), 0.243 (DCC) 
• R-Value Work:  0.194 (Depositor), 0.195 (DCC) 
• R-Value Observed: 0.199 (Depositor) 

Space Group: P 2₁ 2₁ 2₁

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 46.239	α = 90
b = 47.998	β = 90
c = 50.876	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
PHENIX	refinement
PHENIX	refinement
autoPX	data reduction
Aimless	data scaling
PHASER	phasing

Structure Validation

Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-02-11 
Deposition Author(s): Ren, Y., Huang, L.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	32171191

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-02-11
  Type: Initial release