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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title DNA-BINDING MECHANISM OF THE MONOMERIC ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NGFI-B
PDB code 1CIT   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0046 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 16 base pairs
Protein NGFI-B orphan nuclear receptor, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Cys4 zinc finger, nuclear receptor type

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' C402 C403 G404 A405 A406 A407 A408 G409 G410 T411 C412 A413 T414 G415 C416 G417 3'
Strand 2    3' G434 G433 C432 T431 T430 T429 T428 C427 C426 A425 G424 T423 A422 C421 G420 C419 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      

C402 G434            
    3.3 0.4 -0.2 41° -1°
C403 G433            
    3.7 0.4 0.9 44° -1° -2°
G404 C432            
    3.1 -1.3 0.3 40° -4° -6°
A405 T431            
    3.4 0.2 -0.5 32° -3°
A406 T430            
    3.4 0.2 0.0 25° 15° -1°
A407 T429            
    3.3 -0.7 -0.2 35° -2°
A408 T428            
    3.4 0.5 0.0 41° -2°
G409 C427            
    3.8 -0.2 -1.0 35°
G410 C426            
    3.2 0.3 -0.8 26° -1°
T411 A425            
    3.0 1.2 1.0 38° 10°
C412 G424            
    3.6 -1.2 0.6 43° -0° -1°
A413 T423            
    3.3 0.2 -1.0 28°
T414 A422            
    3.3 -0.0 -0.1 38°
G415 C421            
    3.3 -0.9 -0.3 21° -1°
C416 G420            
    3.5 0.4 0.0 52° -7°
G417 C419            


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 -134° C402 G434 -98° C2'-endo    
 -55°   -66° (BI)             -43° (BI)   51° 
    C2'-endo -79° C403 G433 -104° C2'-endo    
 52°   -28° (BI)             22° (BII)   54° 
    C2'-endo -105° G404 C432 -97° C2'-endo    
 58°   -11° (BI)             -86° (BI)   -66° 
    C2'-endo -108° A405 T431 -103° C3'-exo    
 -66°   -57° (BI)             -53° (BI)   -88° 
    C3'-exo -98° A406 T430 -105° C2'-endo    
 56°   -97° (BI)             -28° (BI)   50° 
    C2'-endo -89° A407 T429 -115° C2'-endo    
 36°   79° (BII)             -60° (BI)   51° 
    C1'-exo -127° A408 T428 -107° C2'-endo    
 59°   -45° (BI)             -57° (BI)   45° 
    C2'-endo -129° G409 C427 -124° C2'-endo    
 50°   -84° (BI)             -76° (BI)   41° 
    C2'-endo -112° G410 C426 -95° C2'-endo    
 46°   -98° (BI)             -100° (BI)   41° 
    C2'-endo -109° T411 A425 -96° C2'-endo    
 163°   -93° (BI)             46° (BII)   46° 
    C2'-endo -127° C412 G424 -86° C2'-endo    
 48°   27° (BII)             -78° (BI)   47° 
    C2'-endo -104° A413 T423 -119° C2'-endo    
 39°   -104° (BI)             -80° (BI)   53° 
    C2'-endo -98° T414 A422 -107° C2'-endo    
 39°   -40° (BI)             -68° (BI)   52° 
    C2'-endo -93° G415 C421 -106° C2'-endo    
 2°   92° (BII)             -79° (BI)   56° 
    C2'-endo -93° C416 G420 -88° C2'-endo    
 65°   -91° (BI)             -113° (BI)   -58° 
    C2'-endo -126° G417 C419 -121° 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