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The components of DNA

The components of DNA. The individual nucleobases are: The nucleoside is formed by a bond with the ribose sugar at the N9 position of A and G and the N6 position of C and T. The stability of double-helical DNA. The double helical form of DNA is formed by phosphodiester

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The components of DNA

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  1. The components of DNA • The individual nucleobases are: • The nucleoside is formed by a bond with the ribose sugar at the N9 position of A and G and the N6 position of C and T.

  2. The stability of double-helical DNA The double helical form of DNA is formed by phosphodiester linkages between the 5’ -OH end of one ribose and the 3’-OH of the next. The double helix is stabilized by hydrogen bonding in canonical base pairs and by stacking interactions between the bases.

  3. DNA conformations A form Z form B form

  4. Conformations of the ribose • B is 2’-endo anti • A is 3’-endo anti • Z is 2’-endo syn

  5. The first X-ray crystal structure of d(GCGCGC) was in the Z-form • Watson-Crick DNA was determined based on fiber diffraction. This was B form. • The expectation that crystalline DNA would also be in the B-form was shattered by the structure of the hexamer d(GCGCGC) • Raman and infrared spectroscopy have played a key role in comparisons of the various forms of DNA.

  6. The Dickerson dodecamer The first x-ray crystal structure of DNA in the B-form was obtained by Dickerson using the dodecamer with the sequence [d(CGCGAATTCGCG)]2. The structure shown has the stacking pattern of B-form DNA found in most DNA in solution. DNA can, however, be bent or coiled. Coiling is facilitated by regions of adenines known as phased A tracts. Such coiling permits the packing of DNA in structures that for chromosomes.

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