Research Article

Features of “All LNA” Duplexes Showing a New Type of Nucleic Acid Geometry

Table 1

Data and refinement statistics of t R N A S e r microhelix and LNA helix [9, 15].

tRNASer microhelixLNA helix

Data acquisition
Space groupC2C2
Cell constants
a, b, c (Å)35, 79, 39.13, 31.3777.91, 40.74, 30.06
α, β, γ (°)90.00, 111.1, 90.0090.00, 91.02, 90.00
Resolution (Å)120–1.20 (1.22–1.20)80.00–1.90 (1.93–1.90)
𝑅 m e r g e 7.4 (15.4)7.3 (21.7)
I/σI 18.7 (1.8)19.7 (1.0)
Completeness (%)99.2 (99.1)98.0 (97.2)
Redundancy7.1 (8.6)4.8 (3.8)

Refinement
No. of reflections12,8067,382
𝑅 w o r k / 𝑅 f r e e 19.0 (20.1)22.9 (28.8)
Atoms
 Nucleic acid293314
 Magnesium21
 Cobalt hexamine3
 Water oxygens97 (2 mol/au)44

Values in parentheses are given for the highest-resolution shell.