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HHAI methyltransferase (blue ribbon) bound to oligonucleotide (strands with bonds colored yellow and green) containing a pseudorotationally constrained sugar analogue at the target position (orange bonds with cyan atoms). The south-constrained pseudosugar is rotated about its flanking phosphodiester bonds, 90° from its initial position in B-form DNA, but short of a completely flipped position with 180° rotation. Thus, it is trapped in the middle of the flipping pathway via the major groove side. This structure provides clues to DNA-protein interactions in a potential transition state. For further details see the paper by Horton et al.. in this issue [Nucleic Acids Res. (2004) 32, 3877-3886].
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