Dear all, I am currently refining the structure of a protein-DNA complex using Refmac. However, one DNA strand of the dsDNA contains one unusual nucleotide, namely 2`-deoxyuridine ("Ud") which is not defined in the standard Refmac library. How can I tell Refmac to refine the modified nucleotide "Ud" within the DNA strand correctly? I`ve set up a .cif file for the monomer "Ud" derived from the .cif files of the other deoxy-nucleotides (see below), but the phosphodiester bond between the "Ud" nucleotide and the adjacent nucleotide on the 3` side is broken by Refmac. Probably another .cif file has to be modified as well, but which one??
Does anyone know how to tell Refmac to make a correct phosphodiester bond between the "Ud" residue and the 3` adjacent nucleotide? (If possible, I would like to avoid changes in the general library file "mon_lib_com.cif". The file "mon_lib_com.cif" contains the chemical structure of links between polymers (e.g. cis- and trans-peptide bonds, disulfide bridges, glycosidic bonds for sugars, phosphate bridges for DNA)). Thanks in advance, kind regards Kristina Ud.cif: global_ _lib_name mon_lib _lib_version 4.11 _lib_update 15/04/05 # ------------------------------------------------ # # --- LIST OF MONOMERS --- # data_comp_list loop_ _chem_comp.id _chem_comp.three_letter_code _chem_comp.name _chem_comp.group _chem_comp.number_atoms_all _chem_comp.number_atoms_nh _chem_comp.desc_level Ud Ud '. ' . 28 19 . # # --- DESCRIPTION OF MONOMERS --- # data_comp_Ud # loop_ _chem_comp_atom.comp_id _chem_comp_atom.atom_id _chem_comp_atom.type_symbol _chem_comp_atom.type_energy _chem_comp_atom.partial_charge Ud P P P 0.714 Ud O1P O OP -0.340 Ud O2P O OP -0.340 Ud O5* O OC2 -0.267 Ud C5* C CH2 0.066 Ud H5*1 H HCH2 0.005 Ud H5*2 H HCH2 0.005 Ud C4* C CH1 0.084 Ud H4* H HCH1 0.010 Ud O4* O O2 -0.193 Ud C1* C CH1 0.245 Ud H1* H HCH1 0.005 Ud N1 N NR6 -0.283 Ud C2 C CR6 0.448 Ud O2 O O -0.247 Ud N3 N NR16 -0.379 Ud H3 H HNR6 0.173 Ud C4 C CR6 0.286 Ud O4 O O -0.197 Ud C5 C CR16 -0.122 Ud H5 H HCR6 0.020 Ud C6 C CR16 0.168 Ud H6 H HCR6 0.020 Ud C2* C CH1 -0.043 Ud H2*1 H HCH2 0.010 Ud H2*2 H HCH2 0.010 Ud C3* C CH1 0.081 Ud H3* H HCH1 0.005 Ud O3* O OC2 -0.267 loop_ _chem_comp_tree.comp_id _chem_comp_tree.atom_id _chem_comp_tree.atom_back _chem_comp_tree.atom_forward _chem_comp_tree.connect_type Ud P n/a O5* START Ud O1P P . . Ud O2P P . . Ud O5* P C5* . Ud C5* O5* C4* . Ud H5*1 C5* . . Ud H5*2 C5* . . Ud C4* C5* C3* . Ud H4* C4* . . Ud O4* C4* C1* . Ud C1* O4* C2* . Ud H1* C1* . . Ud N1 C1* C2 . Ud C2 N1 N3 . Ud O2 C2 . . Ud N3 C2 C4 . Ud H3 N3 . . Ud C4 N3 C5 . Ud O4 C4 . . Ud C5 C4 C6 . Ud H5 C5 . . Ud C6 C5 H6 . Ud H6 C6 . . Ud C2* C1* H2*2 . Ud H2*1 C2* . . Ud H2*2 C2* . . Ud C3* C4* O3* . Ud H3* C3* . . Ud O3* C3* . END Ud C2* C3* . ADD Ud C6 N1 . ADD loop_ _chem_comp_bond.comp_id _chem_comp_bond.atom_id_1 _chem_comp_bond.atom_id_2 _chem_comp_bond.type _chem_comp_bond.value_dist _chem_comp_bond.value_dist_esd Ud P O5* coval 1.600 0.020 Ud P O1P coval 1.480 0.020 Ud P O2P coval 1.480 0.020 Ud C1* C2* coval 1.525 0.020 Ud C2* C3* coval 1.525 0.020 Ud C3* C4* coval 1.523 0.020 Ud C3* O3* coval 1.422 0.030 Ud C4* C5* coval 1.518 0.020 Ud C4* O4* coval 1.450 0.020 Ud O4* C1* coval 1.414 0.020 Ud C5* O5* coval 1.423 0.030 Ud C5* H5*1 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C5* H5*2 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C4* H4* coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C1* H1* coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C2* H2*1 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C2* H2*2 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C3* H3* coval 0.980 0.020 Ud N1 C2 coval 1.379 0.020 Ud C2 N3 coval 1.373 0.020 Ud N3 C4 coval 1.383 0.020 Ud C4 C5 coval 1.440 0.020 Ud C5 C6 coval 1.338 0.020 Ud C6 N1 coval 1.380 0.020 Ud C2 O2 coval 1.218 0.020 Ud C4 O4 coval 1.227 0.020 Ud N1 C1* coval 1.490 0.030 Ud N3 H3 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C5 H5 coval 0.980 0.020 Ud C6 H6 coval 0.980 0.020 loop_ _chem_comp_angle.comp_id _chem_comp_angle.atom_id_1 _chem_comp_angle.atom_id_2 _chem_comp_angle.atom_id_3 _chem_comp_angle.value_angle _chem_comp_angle.value_angle_esd Ud C6 N1 C2 121.300 3.000 Ud C1* N1 C2 119.350 3.000 Ud C1* N1 C6 119.350 3.000 Ud N1 C2 N3 114.800 3.000 Ud C2 N3 C4 127.000 3.000 Ud N3 C4 C5 114.800 3.000 Ud C4 C5 C6 119.200 3.000 Ud C5 C6 N1 122.800 3.000 Ud N1 C2 O2 123.200 3.000 Ud N3 C2 O2 122.000 3.000 Ud N3 C4 O4 119.800 3.000 Ud C5 C4 O4 125.400 3.000 Ud N1 C1* O4* 108.400 3.000 Ud N1 C1* C2* 113.500 3.000 Ud C2 N3 H3 116.500 3.000 Ud C4 N3 H3 116.500 3.000 Ud C4 C5 H5 121.200 3.000 Ud C6 C5 H5 121.200 3.000 Ud C5 C6 H6 118.600 3.000 Ud N1 C6 H6 118.600 3.000 Ud O4* C1* C2* 106.400 3.000 Ud C1* C2* C3* 101.600 3.000 Ud C2* C3* C4* 102.400 3.000 Ud C2* C3* O3* 111.500 3.000 Ud O3* C3* C4* 110.000 3.000 Ud C3* C4* C5* 114.900 3.000 Ud C3* C4* O4* 105.400 3.000 Ud O4* C4* C5* 109.400 3.000 Ud C4* O4* C1* 109.700 3.000 Ud C4* C5* O5* 110.800 3.000 Ud C5* O5* P 120.000 3.000 Ud O5* P O1P 109.000 3.000 Ud O1P P O2P 120.000 3.000 Ud O5* P O2P 108.000 3.000 Ud C1* C2* O2* 110.200 3.000 Ud O2* C2* C3* 112.400 3.000 Ud O5* C5* H5*1 109.000 3.000 Ud O5* C5* H5*2 109.000 3.000 Ud C4* C5* H5*1 109.000 3.000 Ud C4* C5* H5*2 109.000 3.000 Ud H5*1 C5* H5*2 109.000 3.000 Ud C5* C4* H4* 109.000 3.000 Ud O4* C4* H4* 109.000 3.000 Ud C3* C4* H4* 109.000 3.000 Ud O4* C1* H1* 109.000 3.000 Ud C2* C1* H1* 109.000 3.000 Ud N1 C1* H1* 109.000 3.000 Ud C1* C2* H2*1 109.000 3.000 Ud C1* C2* H2*2 109.000 3.000 Ud H2*1 C2* H2*2 109.000 3.000 Ud C4* C3* H3* 109.000 3.000 Ud C3* C2* H2*1 109.000 3.000 Ud C3* C2* H2*2 109.000 3.000 Ud C2* C3* H3* 109.000 3.000 Ud O3* C3* H3* 109.000 3.000 loop_ _chem_comp_tor.comp_id _chem_comp_tor.id _chem_comp_tor.atom_id_1 _chem_comp_tor.atom_id_2 _chem_comp_tor.atom_id_3 _chem_comp_tor.atom_id_4 _chem_comp_tor.value_angle _chem_comp_tor.value_angle_esd _chem_comp_tor.period Ud beta P O5* C5* C4* 170.000 25.000 3 Ud gamma O5* C5* C4* C3* 55.000 20.000 3 Ud delta C5* C4* C3* O3* 88.000 30.000 3 Ud nu0 C4* O4* C1* C2* 13.000 40.000 3 Ud nu1 O4* C1* C2* C3* -33.000 40.000 3 Ud nu4 C5* C4* O4* C1* 137.000 40.000 3 Ud chi O4* C1* N1 C2 30.000 40.000 2 Ud CONST_01 C1* N1 C2 N3 180.000 0.000 0 Ud CONST_02 N1 C2 N3 C4 0.000 0.000 0 Ud CONST_03 C2 N3 C4 C5 0.000 0.000 0 Ud CONST_04 N3 C4 C5 C6 0.000 0.000 0 Ud CONST_05 C4 C5 C6 N1 0.000 0.000 0 loop_ _chem_comp_chir.comp_id _chem_comp_chir.id _chem_comp_chir.atom_id_centre _chem_comp_chir.atom_id_1 _chem_comp_chir.atom_id_2 _chem_comp_chir.atom_id_3 _chem_comp_chir.volume_sign Ud chir_01 C3* C2* O3* C4* positiv Ud chir_02 C4* C3* O4* C5* positiv Ud chir_03 C1* N1 O4* C2* positiv Ud chir_05 P O5* O1P O2P both loop_ _chem_comp_plane_atom.comp_id _chem_comp_plane_atom.plane_id _chem_comp_plane_atom.atom_id _chem_comp_plane_atom.dist_esd Ud plan N1 0.020 Ud plan C2 0.020 Ud plan O2 0.020 Ud plan N3 0.020 Ud plan C4 0.020 Ud plan O4 0.020 Ud plan C5 0.020 Ud plan C6 0.020 Ud plan C1* 0.020 Ud plan H3 0.020 Ud plan H5 0.020 Ud plan H6 0.020