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    Some of The Properties of A-Form, B-Form & Z-Form of DNA

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    There are three main forms of DNA structure: A-DNA, B-DNA, and Z-DNA. A-DNA and B-DNA are both right-handed helices but have different diameters, rotations per base pair, and vertical rises along their axes. In contrast, Z-DNA is a left-handed helix that also differs from A-DNA and B-DNA in its structural properties such as having purines in a syn conformation rather than anti.

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    There are three main forms of DNA structure: A-DNA, B-DNA, and Z-DNA. A-DNA and B-DNA are both right-handed helices but have different diameters, rotations per base pair, and vertical rises along their axes. In contrast, Z-DNA is a left-handed helix that also differs from A-DNA and B-DNA in its structural properties such as having purines in a syn conformation rather than anti.

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    There are three main forms of DNA structure: A-DNA, B-DNA, and Z-DNA. A-DNA and B-DNA are both right-handed helices but have different diameters, rotations per base pair, and vertical rises along their axes. In contrast, Z-DNA is a left-handed helix that also differs from A-DNA and B-DNA in its structural properties such as having purines in a syn conformation rather than anti.

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    Some of the properties of A-form, B-form & Z-form of DNA.

    geometry attribute

    A-DNA

    B-DNA

    Z-DNA

    Helix handedness

    right-handed

    right-handed

    left-handed

    Diameter
    Rotation/bp

    23 (2.3 nm)
    +33

    20 (2.0 nm)
    +36

    18 (1.8 nm)
    -30

    Mean bp/turn
    Vertical rise/bp along
    axis

    11

    10

    12

    2.6 (0.26 nm)

    3.4 (0.34 nm)

    3.7 (0.37 nm)

    anti

    anti

    anti for pyrimidine and


    syn for purine

    Glycosyl angle

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