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Pradeep K Mandal1, Gavin W Collie, Brice Kauffmann

  • 1Université de Bordeaux, CBMN, UMR5248, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Robert Escarpit, 33600 Pessac (France); CNRS, CBMN, UMR5248.

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Racemic DNA mixtures readily form racemic crystals, extending the benefits of racemic crystallography to DNA. This study demonstrates the potential for racemic DNA crystallography across various DNA structures.

Keywords:
DNAX-ray diffractioncrystal growthracemic crystallographystructural analysis

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Crystallography
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Racemates enhance crystallization by enabling diverse molecular contacts.
  • Protein racemates and their crystallography are established due to protein synthesis.
  • Racemic DNA crystallography remained unexplored despite available chiral DNA building blocks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate racemic DNA crystallography.
  • To determine if racemic DNA mixtures exhibit a propensity for forming racemic crystals.
  • To explore the potential advantages of racemic crystallography for DNA structures.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized and utilized mixtures of L- and D-deoxyribo-oligonucleotides.
  • Attempted crystallization of racemic DNA mixtures.
  • Determined crystal structures of racemic DNA using X-ray crystallography.

Main Results:

  • Racemic DNA mixtures demonstrated a strong propensity to form racemic crystals.
  • Successfully obtained and described racemic crystal structures for various DNA sequences.
  • Observed racemic crystal formation in duplex, quadruplex, and four-way junction DNA conformations.

Conclusions:

  • Racemic DNA crystallography is feasible and advantageous.
  • The benefits of racemic crystallography, previously seen in proteins, extend to DNA.
  • This work opens new avenues for DNA structure determination and material science applications.