Abstract
Poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) and poly(dG-m 5dC).poly(dG-m 5dC) present helix–helix transitions which are commonly assumed to be changes between the right-handed A- or B-DNA double helices and the left-handed Z-DNA structure. The mechanisms for such transconformations are highly improbable especially when they are supposed to be active in long polynucleotide chains organised in semicrystalline fibres. The present alternative possibility assumes that rather than the Z-DNA it is a right-handed double helix (S-DNA) which actually takes part in these form transitions. Two molecular models of this S form, in good agreement with X-ray measurements, are proposed. They present alternating C(2')-endo and C(3')-endo sugar puckering. Dihedral angles, sets of atomic co-ordinates and stereo views of the two S-DNA structures are given together with curves of calculated diffracted intensities.
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