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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title STRUCTURE OF THE DNA BINDING DOMAINS OF NFAT, FOS AND JUN BOUND TO DNA
PDB code 1A02   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDT050 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 18 base pairs
Protein NF-AT/C-FOS/C-JUN, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Basic leucine zipperRel homology region

Only the nucleic acid double helix part of the structure is analysed here. Small ligands, proteins, and overhanging ends are not taken into account. Information on the complete structure is available at the Image Library Entry page and at the Sequence, Chains, Units page.

Strand 1    5' G4003 G4004 A4005 A4006 A4007 A4008 T4009 T4010 T4011 G4012 T4013 T4014 T4015 C4016 A4017 T4018 A4019 G4020 3'
Strand 2    3' C5020 C5019 T5018 T5017 T5016 T5015 A5014 A5013 A5012 C5011 A5010 A5009 A5008 G5007 T5006 A5005 T5004 C5003 5'

Side view 1 Top view
Side view 1 Top view
Side view 2 3-dimensional interactive models
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RASMOL, CHIME, VRML 2.0, PDB

Side view 2  

Figure 1   Three orthogonal views of the double helix (Help). Residues are colored according to the nucleotide type (Help: Color codes). The curvilinear helical axis (green) was calculated with CURVES. The double helix is oriented with respect to the principle axis of inertia of the curvilinear helical axis (see Help for further explanations). This drawing reveals immediately if there is any bending of the helical axis.


Analysis of helical axis bending


Inter base pair parameters

The six inter base pair parameters (rise, shift, slide, twist, roll, tilt) describe the translational and rotational displacement between neighbouring base pairs. See Help for further explanations.

Plot of inter base pair parameters with respect to global and local helical axes:  PDF,   GIF
(Global parameters from CURVES,  local parameters from CURVES and FREEHELIX)

Table 1.  Inter base pair parameters with respect to the global helical axis, calculated with CURVES.


  Strand 1      Strand 2        riseg          shiftg          slideg          twistg         rollg         tiltg    
    / Å / Å / Å      

G4003 C5020            
    3.4 0.1 -0.3 27° -1°
G4004 C5019            
    3.2 0.4 -0.3 32°
A4005 T5018            
    3.2 -0.7 0.8 44° -9° -2°
A4006 T5017            
    3.2 0.2 -0.1 38° -2°
A4007 T5016            
    3.4 -0.0 -0.1 38° -2° -0°
A4008 T5015            
    3.0 0.1 -0.2 32° -2°
T4009 A5014            
    3.4 -0.2 -0.1 36° -1°
T4010 A5013            
    3.4 0.4 0.2 37° -1°
T4011 A5012            
    3.5 -0.4 -0.0 43°
G4012 C5011            
    3.0 -0.1 -0.3 26° -1° -0°
T4013 A5010            
    3.1 -0.1 0.3 34°
T4014 A5009            
    3.1 0.3 -0.4 39°
T4015 A5008            
    3.2 -0.4 -0.4 30°
C4016 G5007            
    3.3 0.4 0.6 40° -1°
A4017 T5006            
    3.1 0.5 -1.0 26° -4°
T4018 A5005            
    3.3 -1.0 0.3 41° -6°
A4019 T5004            
    3.5 0.8 -0.0 39°
G4020 C5003            


Backbone parameters

Table 2.  Selected torsional angles and sugar pucker phase angles describing the conformation of the sugar phosphate backbone. (See Help for further explanations.)


 gamma     epsilon-zeta       pucker        chi      Strand 1     Strand 2      chi        pucker       epsilon-zeta     gamma 

    C2'-endo -100° G4003 C5020 -89° C2'-endo    
 10°   -60° (BI)             -71° (BI)   -39° 
    C2'-endo -99° G4004 C5019 -97° C2'-endo    
 15°   -47° (BI)             -50° (BI)   46° 
    C2'-endo -83° A4005 T5018 -99° C2'-endo    
 52°   77° (BII)             -32° (BI)   45° 
    C2'-endo -108° A4006 T5017 -91° C2'-endo    
 42°   -86° (BI)             -66° (BI)   53° 
    C2'-endo -94° A4007 T5016 -100° C2'-endo    
 43°   -93° (BI)             -74° (BI)   11° 
    C2'-endo -94° A4008 T5015 -86° C2'-endo    
 -40°   -58° (BI)             -78° (BI)   30° 
    C3'-exo -101° T4009 A5014 -98° C3'-exo    
 -78°   -48° (BI)             -77° (BI)   37° 
    C3'-exo -113° T4010 A5013 -106° C2'-endo    
 47°   -88° (BI)             -27° (BI)   35° 
    C2'-endo -98° T4011 A5012 -102° C2'-endo    
 47°   -61° (BI)             24° (BII)   42° 
    C3'-exo -106° G4012 C5011 -83° C2'-endo    
 35°   -87° (BI)             -60° (BI)   29° 
    C2'-endo -91° T4013 A5010 -93° C2'-endo    
 43°   -32° (BI)             -93° (BI)   37° 
    C2'-endo -96° T4014 A5009 -95° C2'-endo    
 -78°   -32° (BI)             -48° (BI)   37° 
    C3'-exo -116° T4015 A5008 -96° C2'-endo    
 -42°   -53° (BI)             -43° (BI)   48° 
    C3'-exo -101° C4016 G5007 -101° C2'-endo    
 41°   -109° (BI)             -5° (BI)   26° 
    C3'-exo -83° A4017 T5006 -80° C2'-endo    
 -30°   -77° (BI)             -84° (BI)   18° 
    C2'-endo -81° T4018 A5005 -93° C2'-endo    
 74°   27° (BII)             -34° (BI)   62° 
    C2'-endo -108° A4019 T5004 -106° C2'-endo    
 37°   -66° (BI)             -10° (BI)   29° 
    C2'-endo -80° G4020 C5003 -90° C2'-endo    


Groove width

Plot of minor groove width:   PDF,   GIF
Plot of major groove width:   PDF,   GIF
(See Help for further explanations.)

Further information

Full output from CURVES  (helical parameters with respect to global and local axes)

Full output from FREEHELIX  (helical parameters with respect to local axis, angles between normal vectors)

Chirality of ribose and phosphate atoms
Check the naming of phosphate and ribose substituents. Recommended for phosphate oxygens and for ribose hydrogens in NMR structures.


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Perl script:    helixparameter.pl  (15 Sep 2016)
Author:    Peter Slickers  (slickers@leibniz-fli.de),  IMB Jena,  Germany