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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title TATA-BINDING PROTEIN/TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (II)B/TATA-BOX COMPLEX FROM PYROCOCCUS WOESEI
PDB code 1AIS   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDR031 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 17 base pairs
Protein TBP/TFIIB, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: TATA box binding protein

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' A01 A02 C03 T04 T05 A06 C07 T08 T09 T10 U11 U12 A13 A14 A15 G16 C17 3'
Strand 2    3' T34 T33 G32 A31 A30 T29 G28 A27 A26 A25 A24 A23 T22 T21 T20 C19 G18 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      

A01 T34            
    3.2 -0.2 0.0 34° -6°
A02 T33            
    3.0 0.0 -0.1 35° -1° -1°
C03 G32            
    3.4 0.2 0.6 37° -4°
T04 A31            
    3.0 -0.0 0.2 30° -5° -1°
T05 A30            
    3.1 0.4 -0.5 33° -1°
A06 T29            
    3.1 -1.0 -0.1 30° -10°
C07 G28            
    3.0 -0.1 -0.0 37° -9° -2°
T08 A27            
    4.0 0.5 -0.6 35° 30° -2°
T09 A26            
    3.1 -0.7 0.3 33° -3°
T10 A25            
    3.3 0.6 0.3 30° -3°
U11 A24            
    3.0 -0.4 0.3 27°
U12 A23            
    3.5 -0.1 1.2 28° -10° -1°
A13 T22            
    2.9 0.9 -0.0 32° -6° -4°
A14 T21            
    4.3 -1.2 -0.7 39° 41°
A15 T20            
    2.4 1.2 -0.8 22° -9° -5°
G16 C19            
    3.1 -0.3 -0.5 34° -13° -2°
C17 G18            


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 -160° A01 T34 -117° C2'-endo    
 56°   -80° (BI)             -88° (BI)   -58° 
    C2'-endo -122° A02 T33 -112° C3'-exo    
 -64°   -56° (BI)             -48° (BI)   38° 
    C3'-exo -118° C03 G32 -114° C2'-endo    
 -45°   -80° (BI)             -6° (BI)   38° 
    C3'-exo -104° T04 A31 -97° C2'-endo    
 46°   -90° (BI)             -50° (BI)   45° 
    C2'-endo -103° T05 A30 -120° C2'-endo    
 41°   -93° (BI)             -76° (BI)   51° 
    C2'-endo -103° A06 T29 -120° C1'-exo    
 40°   5° (BI)             -80° (BI)   50° 
    C1'-exo -122° C07 G28 -118° C1'-exo    
 33°   -59° (BI)             -63° (BI)   54° 
    O1'-endo -127° T08 A27 -95° C2'-endo    
 27°   -77° (BI)             -60° (BI)   45° 
    O1'-endo -132° T09 A26 -106° C4'-exo    
 39°   -74° (BI)             -55° (BI)   46° 
    O1'-endo -121° T10 A25 -100° O1'-endo    
 37°   -68° (BI)             -49° (BI)   24° 
    C1'-exo -111° U11 A24 -92° O1'-endo    
 32°   -46° (BI)             -59° (BI)   36° 
    O1'-endo -100° U12 A23 -89° C1'-exo    
 46°   -37° (BI)             -67° (BI)   -62° 
    C4'-exo -101° A13 T22 -106° C2'-endo    
 41°   -61° (BI)             -52° (BI)   41° 
    O1'-endo -102° A14 T21 -117° C2'-endo    
 49°   -38° (BI)             -56° (BI)   43° 
    C3'-exo -91° A15 T20 -123° C1'-exo    
 54°   -99° (BI)             -89° (BI)   -57° 
    C1'-exo -110° G16 C19 -143° O1'-exo    
 58°   -14° (BI)             -66° (BI)   -45° 
    C2'-endo -131° C17 G18 -157° C4'-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