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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title PHOSPHATE SYSTEM POSITIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN PHO4/DNA COMPLEX
PDB code 1A0A   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDT046 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 17 base pairs
Protein Phosphate system positive regulatory protein PHO4, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Basic helix-loop-helix

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' C1 T2 C3 A4 C5 A6 C7 G8 T9 G10 G11 G12 A13 C14 T15 A16 G17 3'
Strand 2    3' G17 A16 G15 T14 G13 T12 G11 C10 A9 C8 C7 C6 T5 G4 A3 T2 C1 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      

C1 G17            
    4.0 -0.3 0.3 30° -1°
T2 A16            
    3.2 0.1 -1.0 36° 17° -2°
C3 G15            
    2.6 0.1 0.4 28°
A4 T14            
    4.7 0.0 -1.4 30° -4°
C5 G13            
    2.7 0.7 2.2 39° -9° -1°
A6 T12            
    3.0 -1.1 -0.7 36°
C7 G11            
    4.8 -0.1 0.2 42° -2°
G8 C10            
    3.3 0.6 -0.2 31° -4° -1°
T9 A9            
    2.8 -1.0 0.7 26° -8°
G10 C8            
    2.7 1.9 -1.1 30° -1°
G11 C7            
    3.8 -1.6 1.1 32° 15°
G12 C6            
    3.3 -1.0 -0.3 41° -8°
A13 T5            
    3.1 0.8 -1.2 26° -2°
C14 G4            
    3.4 0.6 0.4 35° -17°
T15 A3            
    3.3 -0.5 0.6 37° 13° -3°
A16 T2            
    3.7 -0.1 -0.7 33° -2°
G17 C1            


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 

    C3'-exo -100° C1 G17 -83° C3'-exo    
 14°   -19° (BI)             -176° (BII)   42° 
    C2'-endo -80° T2 A16 -94° C3'-exo    
 22°   -140° (BI)             -116° (BI)   64° 
    C3'-exo -102° C3 G15 -124° C2'-endo    
 18°   -57° (BI)             -69° (BI)   -40° 
    C2'-endo -109° A4 T14 -96° C3'-exo    
 48°   -119° (BI)             -129° (BI)   51° 
    C2'-endo -81° C5 G13 -95° C2'-endo    
 58°   -5° (BI)             10° (BI)   -52° 
    C2'-endo -113° A6 T12 -118° C3'-exo    
 63°   -63° (BI)             -124° (BI)   54° 
    C2'-endo -118° C7 G11 -68° C3'-exo    
 55°   -104° (BI)             -97° (BI)   68° 
    C3'-exo -95° G8 C10 -140° C2'-endo    
 53°   157° (BII)             -10° (BI)   40° 
    C2'-endo -100° T9 A9 -110° C2'-endo    
 47°   4° (BI)             -124° (BI)   53° 
    C1'-exo -111° G10 C8 -92° C3'-exo    
 -45°   -85° (BI)             -89° (BI)   39° 
    C2'-endo -87° G11 C7 -108° C2'-endo    
 49°   97° (BII)             -61° (BI)   33° 
    C2'-endo -85° G12 C6 -99° C2'-endo    
 92°   -169° (BII)             -133° (BI)   51° 
    C2'-endo -140° A13 T5 -151° O1'-endo    
 40°   -173° (BII)             -76° (BI)   20° 
    C2'-endo -95° C14 G4 -132° C1'-exo    
 55°   -169° (BII)             49° (BII)   56° 
    C2'-endo -101° T15 A3 -116° C2'-endo    
 70°   -80° (BI)             -115° (BI)   26° 
    C2'-endo -116° A16 T2 -93° C3'-exo    
 -69°   -53° (BI)             -117° (BI)   -14° 
    C3'-exo -129° G17 C1 -136° 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