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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title I-PPOL HOMING ENDONUCLEASE/DNA COMPLEX
PDB code 1A74   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDE140 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 20 base pairs
Protein Intron-encoded endonuclease I PpoI, Nuclease

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' T402 G403 A404 C405 T406 C407 T408 C409 T410 T411 A412 A413 G414 A415 G416 A417 G418 T419 C420 A421 3'
Strand 2    3' A421 C420 T419 G418 A417 G416 A415 G414 A413 A412 T411 T410 C409 T408 C407 T406 C405 A404 G403 T402 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      

T402 A421            
    3.3 -0.5 0.5 30° -4°
G403 C420            
    2.8 -0.6 0.1 29° -8°
A404 T419            
    3.5 0.5 -0.3 30° -5° -3°
C405 G418            
    3.7 0.2 -0.2 37° -4°
T406 A417            
    3.5 -0.3 -0.3 29° -0°
C407 G416            
    3.0 0.4 0.1 25° 10°
T408 A415            
    4.4 -0.0 -0.8 32° -6°
C409 G414            
    4.1 -0.9 -1.2 25° -3°
T410 A413            
    2.8 0.6 0.6 34°
T411 A412            
    2.9 0.0 1.4 34°
A412 T411            
    3.0 -0.5 0.6 34° -7°
A413 T410            
    4.0 0.7 -1.1 27°
G414 C409            
    4.3 0.1 -0.9 31°
A415 T408            
    3.1 -0.5 0.2 32° -5°
G416 C407            
    3.3 0.5 -0.6 24° 12°
A417 T406            
    3.6 -0.2 0.1 39°
G418 C405            
    3.7 -0.5 0.0 32° -4°
T419 A404            
    3.1 0.4 0.1 31°
C420 G403            
    3.2 0.2 -0.0 33°
A421 T402            


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 -103° T402 A421 -93° C2'-endo    
 49°   -67° (BI)             -18° (BI)   33° 
    C2'-endo -99° G403 C420 -86° C2'-endo    
 42°   -62° (BI)             -72° (BI)   41° 
    C2'-endo -95° A404 T419 -113° C2'-endo    
 -150°   -4° (BI)             -74° (BI)   52° 
    C3'-endo -161° C405 G418 -122° C2'-endo    
 51°   -94° (BI)             -56° (BI)   47° 
    C3'-endo -153° T406 A417 -123° C2'-endo    
 52°   -90° (BI)             -87° (BI)   53° 
    C3'-endo -150° C407 G416 -127° C2'-endo    
 52°   -87° (BI)             -69° (BI)   179° 
    C2'-endo -112° T408 A415 -173° C3'-endo    
 45°   -93° (BI)             -116° (BI)   73° 
    C2'-endo -129° C409 G414 -164° C4'-exo    
 38°   -82° (BI)             -91° (BI)   -171° 
    C2'-endo -118° T410 A413 -154° C3'-endo    
 -59°   -55° (BI)             17° (BI)   -159° 
    C3'-exo -105° T411 A412 -114° C2'-endo    
 -173°   -56° (BI)             -6° (BI)   37° 
    C2'-endo -106° A412 T411 -102° C2'-endo    
 -171°   23° (BII)             -67° (BI)   37° 
    C3'-endo -151° A413 T410 -114° C2'-endo    
 -168°   -109° (BI)             -88° (BI)   49° 
    C3'-endo -174° G414 C409 -127° C2'-endo    
 177°   -101° (BI)             -93° (BI)   53° 
    C3'-endo -176° A415 T408 -119° C2'-endo    
 57°   -60° (BI)             -107° (BI)   53° 
    C3'-endo -160° G416 C407 -155° C3'-endo    
 54°   -96° (BI)             -88° (BI)   57° 
    C2'-endo -127° A417 T406 -152° C3'-endo    
 54°   -63° (BI)             -95° (BI)   -151° 
    C2'-endo -124° G418 C405 -166° C3'-endo    
 53°   -78° (BI)             -2° (BI)   42° 
    C2'-endo -117° T419 A404 -96° C2'-endo    
 -98°   -41° (BI)             -69° (BI)   44° 
    C2'-endo -131° C420 G403 -111° C2'-endo    
 50°   -64° (BI)             -91° (BI)   43° 
    C4'-exo -128° A421 T402 -99° 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