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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title PIT-1 MUTANT/DNA COMPLEX
PDB code 1AU7   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDR034 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 24 base pairs
Protein PIT-1 POU domain, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Helix-turn-helix, homeodomainhelix-turn-helix, POU domain

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' T449 C450 C451 T452 C453 A454 T455 G456 T457 A458 T459 A460 T461 A462 C463 A464 T465 G466 A467 G468 G469 A470 A471 G472 3'
Strand 2    3' A498 G497 G496 A495 G494 T493 A492 C491 A490 T489 A488 T487 A486 T485 G484 T483 A482 C481 T480 C479 C478 T477 T476 C475 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      

T449 A498            
    3.0 1.2 -0.1 17° 18° -0°
C450 G497            
    3.8 -0.7 -0.1 41° -9°
C451 G496            
    3.2 -0.2 -0.0 33° -0°
T452 A495            
    2.9 0.1 0.1 32°
C453 G494            
    3.5 -0.3 1.0 34° -5°
A454 T493            
    3.0 0.9 -0.4 30° -7°
T455 A492            
    3.9 -0.6 -0.7 32° -8°
G456 C491            
    3.2 0.1 0.1 34° -0°
T457 A490            
    3.2 -0.4 0.6 48° -6°
A458 T489            
    3.8 0.4 -0.7 28° -6° -2°
T459 A488            
    3.4 0.0 0.2 42°
A460 T487            
    3.3 -0.5 -0.3 31° -2° -5°
T461 A486            
    3.1 0.1 0.6 40° -0°
A462 T485            
    3.1 0.2 0.2 36° -7°
C463 G484            
    4.0 0.7 -0.9 36° 12°
A464 T483            
    3.1 -1.0 -0.3 26° -6° -4°
T465 A482            
    3.5 0.3 1.1 38° -1°
G466 C481            
    2.6 -0.6 -0.0 27° -2° -4°
A467 T480            
    3.2 1.3 -0.0 33° -7°
G468 C479            
    3.8 -0.6 -0.4 46°
G469 C478            
    3.6 0.1 -0.2 33°
A470 T477            
    3.0 0.7 0.3 25° -3°
A471 T476            
    3.5 -0.4 0.1 36° -2°
G472 C475            


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 -130° T449 A498 -38° C2'-endo    
 156°   -120° (BI)             -55° (BI)   39° 
    C2'-endo -122° C450 G497 -105° C2'-endo    
 46°   -37° (BI)             -63° (BI)   48° 
    C2'-endo -149° C451 G496 -100° C2'-endo    
 62°   -68° (BI)             -16° (BI)   22° 
    C2'-endo -117° T452 A495 -87° C2'-endo    
 -55°   -45° (BI)             104° (BII)   32° 
    C2'-endo -80° C453 G494 -77° C2'-endo    
 52°   -38° (BI)             1° (BI)   43° 
    C2'-endo -101° A454 T493 -105° C2'-endo    
 35°   -50° (BI)             -43° (BI)   47° 
    C2'-endo -86° T455 A492 -120° C2'-endo    
 47°   26° (BII)             -89° (BI)   71° 
    C1'-exo -147° G456 C491 -125° C1'-exo    
 44°   1° (BI)             -46° (BI)   67° 
    C2'-endo -106° T457 A490 -115° C2'-endo    
 43°   -59° (BI)             -56° (BI)   48° 
    C2'-endo -112° A458 T489 -131° C1'-exo    
 -173°   -99° (BI)             -80° (BI)   61° 
    C1'-exo -147° T459 A488 -137° C1'-exo    
 56°   -61° (BI)             -52° (BI)   67° 
    C1'-exo -118° A460 T487 -119° C1'-exo    
 54°   -54° (BI)             -93° (BI)   56° 
    C1'-exo -135° T461 A486 -98° C2'-endo    
 65°   -58° (BI)             -67° (BI)   51° 
    C2'-endo -103° A462 T485 -107° C2'-endo    
 61°   -49° (BI)             -59° (BI)   45° 
    C1'-exo -121° C463 G484 -167° C4'-exo    
 -67°   -32° (BI)             -36° (BI)   25° 
    C3'-exo -113° A464 T483 -91° C1'-exo    
 46°   -102° (BI)             -52° (BI)   58° 
    C2'-endo -92° T465 A482 -90° C2'-endo    
 37°   13° (BI)             -24° (BI)   27° 
    C2'-endo -97° G466 C481 -82° C2'-endo    
 37°   1° (BI)             -93° (BI)   43° 
    C2'-endo -90° A467 T480 -119° C2'-endo    
 36°   -16° (BI)             -67° (BI)   -136° 
    C2'-endo -91° G468 C479 -166° O1'-exo    
 46°   2° (BI)             -24° (BI)   36° 
    C2'-endo -119° G469 C478 -116° C1'-exo    
 38°   -55° (BI)             6° (BI)   34° 
    C2'-endo -110° A470 T477 -76° C2'-endo    
 47°   -64° (BI)             -43° (BI)   50° 
    C2'-endo -90° A471 T476 -113° C1'-exo    
 44°   22° (BII)             -86° (BI)   -38° 
    C2'-endo -118° G472 C475 -95° 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