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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR COPG/22BP DSDNA COMPLEX
PDB code 1EA4   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0479 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 20 base pairs
Protein REPRESSOR COPG, Transcription Factor, DNA binding domain: Beta-ribbon

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' A203 C204 C205 G206 T207 G208 C209 A210 C211 T212 C213 A214 A215 T216 G217 C218 A219 A220 T221 C222 3'
Strand 2    3' T221 G220 G219 C218 A217 C216 G215 T214 G213 A212 G211 T210 T209 A208 C207 G206 T205 T204 A203 G202 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      

A203 T221            
    3.2 0.1 0.3 31°
C204 G220            
    4.0 0.1 -0.6 33° 11° -2°
C205 G219            
    3.4 -0.8 0.1 38° -8° -6°
G206 C218            
    3.5 1.5 0.1 34° -4°
T207 A217            
    2.9 -0.4 0.8 36° -2°
G208 C216            
    3.7 -0.9 -0.6 33° 12° -4°
C209 G215            
    3.4 0.7 -0.5 34° 10°
A210 T214            
    2.6 -0.1 -0.3 25° -0°
C211 G213            
    3.3 -0.3 -0.1 36° -1°
T212 A212            
    3.4 0.9 0.4 39° -15°
C213 G211            
    4.3 -0.3 0.8 44° -16° -4°
A214 T210            
    3.0 -0.3 -0.1 32° -9°
A215 T209            
    3.1 0.4 -0.5 27°
T216 A208            
    3.4 -0.9 -0.2 34° 11° -7°
G217 C207            
    3.1 0.5 -0.8 32° -0° -3°
C218 G206            
    3.8 1.1 0.6 36° 11°
A219 T205            
    3.3 -1.9 0.7 35° -10° -9°
A220 T204            
    3.1 0.6 -0.8 35° -5°
T221 A203            
    2.8 0.0 -0.2 36°
C222 G202            


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 -81° A203 T221 -99° C2'-endo    
 -98°   -27° (BI)             -88° (BI)   -48° 
    C3'-exo -104° C204 G220 -111° C3'-exo    
 48°   -109° (BI)             -75° (BI)   -67° 
    C3'-exo -108° C205 G219 -99° C3'-exo    
 37°   -64° (BI)             -40° (BI)   45° 
    C2'-endo -91° G206 C218 -109° C2'-endo    
 -69°   -64° (BI)             39° (BII)   37° 
    C3'-exo -107° T207 A217 -91° C2'-endo    
 61°   -41° (BI)             -42° (BI)   19° 
    C2'-endo -103° G208 C216 -107° C2'-endo    
 36°   -72° (BI)             -104° (BI)   43° 
    C2'-endo -114° C209 G215 -118° C2'-endo    
 15°   -117° (BI)             -56° (BI)   -93° 
    C2'-endo -91° A210 T214 -106° C2'-endo    
 35°   -98° (BI)             -37° (BI)   37° 
    C3'-exo -84° C211 G213 -83° C3'-exo    
 -33°   -37° (BI)             -94° (BI)   38° 
    C3'-exo -94° T212 A212 -107° C2'-endo    
 38°   -109° (BI)             4° (BI)   39° 
    C2'-endo -77° C213 G211 -96° C2'-endo    
 62°   -23° (BI)             150° (BII)   38° 
    C2'-endo -112° A214 T210 -76° C2'-endo    
 34°   -79° (BI)             -70° (BI)   39° 
    C2'-endo -84° A215 T209 -99° C3'-exo    
 -85°   -41° (BI)             -74° (BI)   29° 
    C3'-exo -97° T216 A208 -92° C2'-endo    
 40°   -51° (BI)             -111° (BI)   39° 
    C2'-endo -111° G217 C207 -93° C2'-endo    
 -62°   -58° (BI)             -97° (BI)   60° 
    C3'-exo -114° C218 G206 -107° C3'-exo    
 35°   -83° (BI)             -32° (BI)   -67° 
    C2'-endo -90° A219 T205 -91° C3'-exo    
 52°   76° (BII)             -66° (BI)   -40° 
    C2'-endo -104° A220 T204 -107° C3'-exo    
 -62°   -56° (BI)             -41° (BI)   39° 
    C3'-exo -100° T221 A203 -104° C2'-endo    
 -48°   -73° (BI)             -81° (BI)   -177° 
    C3'-exo -87° C222 G202 -135° 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