253D

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE B-DNA NONAMER D(GCGTACGCG) WITH A NOVEL D[G*(G.C)] BASE-TRIPLET INVOLVING THE MINOR GROOVE

Entity

Entity ID	Chain ID	Description	Type	Chain length	Formula weight	Number of molecules	DB Name (Accession)	Biological source	Descriptive keywords
1	A (A)	DNA (5'-D(*GP*CP*GP*TP*AP*CP*GP*CP*G)-3')	polymer	9	2756.8	1
2	B (A)	MAGNESIUM ION	non-polymer		24.3	1	Chemie (MG)
3	C (A)	water	water		18.0	29	Chemie (HOH)

Contents of the asymmetric unit

Polymers	Number of chains	1
	Total formula weight	2756.8
Non-Polymers*	Number of molecules	1
	Total formula weight	24.3
All*	Total formula weight	2781.1

*Water molecules are not included.