Research Article

Insights into the Structures of DNA Damaged by Hydroxyl Radical: Crystal Structures of DNA Duplexes Containing 5-Formyluracil

Table 2

Crystal data and statistical information on data collection and processing and on structure determination.

CrystalsfUA1fUA2fUA3fUA4fUG1fUG2fUG3

Wavelength (Å)1.000.901.001.001.001.001.00
Beamline (at PF)BL-18BBL-6BBL-18BBL-6BBL-18BBL-18BBL-18B
Oscillation ranges( )5355322
Frames7260343660 9 0 × 2 c90
Space groupP212121P212121P212121P212121P212121P212121P212121
a (Å)25.826.025.225.324.625.325.0
b (Å)39.339.541.241.740.040.340.5
c (Å)65.065.765.466.068.566.066.8
Z a1111111
Matthews coefficient (Å3 Da-1)2.152.202.222.282.282.282.29
Solvent content (%)42.944.244.645.946.046.146.3
Resolution (Å)1.571.51.71.83.01.952.6
Completeness (%)97.199.497.799.399.399.999.9
𝑅 b m e r g e (%)3.14.82.92.811.44.06.3
Observed reflections87588662273187245728166547230738399
Unique reflections95021030177796881153153122342
Redundancy9.226.434.106.6510.913.616.4

Structure refinement f
Resolution range (Å)10.0–1.5710.0–1.5510.0–1.8510.0–1.8015.0–3.0210.0–1.9510.0–2.70
R-factor (%)d18.318.321.619.318.820.321.1
𝑅 f r e e (%)e23.222.526.023.122.926.127.8

R.m.s. deviation
 Bond distances (Å)0.0270.0280.0190.0210.0050.0190.007
 Bond angles ( )3.83.63.23.40.93.11.0

No. of ions1Mg2+, 1K+1Mg2+1Mg2+1Mg2+
No. of additive molecules1Hoechst332581DAPI
No. of water molecules150185821422712345
PDB-ID1G751G8N1G8U1G8V3AJJ3AJK3AJL

aNumber of duplexes in the asymmetric unit. b 𝑅 m e r g e = 1 0 0 × 𝐡 𝑗 | 𝐼 𝐡 𝑗 𝐼 𝐡 | / 𝐡 𝑗 𝐼 𝐡 𝑗 , where 𝐼 𝐡 𝑗 is the 𝑗 th measurement of the intensity of reflection h and 𝐼 𝐡 is its mean value. c T wo data sets were taken for a crystal by changing exposure time to compensate overloaded reflections. d 𝑅 -factor = 100 × | | 𝐹 𝑜 | | 𝐹 𝑐 | | / | 𝐹 𝑜 | , where | 𝐹 𝑜 | and | 𝐹 𝑐 | are the observed and calculated structure factor amplitudes, respectively. eCalculated using a random set containing 10% of observations that were not included throughout refinement [17].