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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR REV- ERB(ALPHA) DNA-BINDING DOMAIN BOUND TO ITS COGNATE RESPONSE ELEMENT
PDB code 1HLZ   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0193 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 20 base pairs
Protein Reverb Response Element, Transcription Factor, DNA binding domain: Alpha-helix|beta-barrel

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' C600 A601 A602 C603 T604 A605 G606 G607 T608 C609 A610 C611 T612 A613 G614 G615 T616 C617 A618 G619 3'
Strand 2    3' G640 T639 T638 G637 A636 T635 C634 C633 A632 G631 T630 G629 A628 T627 C626 C625 A624 G623 T622 C621 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      

C600 G640            
    3.3 -0.1 0.3 42° -1° -3°
A601 T639            
    3.2 -0.3 -0.1 35° 11° -4°
A602 T638            
    3.3 0.8 -1.2 29°
C603 G637            
    3.8 -0.3 -0.3 32° -4°
T604 A636            
    3.1 0.0 0.9 46° -9° -3°
A605 T635            
    3.4 0.2 -0.2 33°
G606 C634            
    3.5 -0.2 -0.4 36°
G607 C633            
    3.3 -0.1 -0.7 28° -4°
T608 A632            
    3.0 0.9 0.8 37° -6°
C609 G631            
    3.7 -0.7 0.5 41° -11°
A610 T630            
    3.5 0.6 -0.8 33°
C611 G629            
    3.8 -0.6 -0.8 26° 11°
T612 A628            
    3.5 -0.6 0.8 42° -9°
A613 T627            
    3.1 0.5 -0.0 38° -2°
G614 C626            
    3.3 -0.0 -0.4 32°
G615 C625            
    3.6 -0.2 -0.9 33° -3°
T616 A624            
    3.2 1.1 0.6 36° 10°
C617 G623            
    3.6 -1.3 0.5 40° -3°
A618 T622            
    3.3 0.7 -0.6 32° -6° -1°
G619 C621            


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 -115° C600 G640 -77° C3'-exo    
 50°   -73° (BI)             -68° (BI)   175° 
    C2'-endo -91° A601 T639 -133° C2'-endo    
 55°   -54° (BI)             -34° (BI)   47° 
    C2'-endo -103° A602 T638 -105° C2'-endo    
 -92°   15° (BI)             -109° (BI)   -56° 
    C3'-exo -115° C603 G637 -91° C3'-exo    
 52°   -112° (BI)             -60° (BI)   56° 
    C2'-endo -108° T604 A636 -99° C2'-endo    
 131°   -65° (BI)             0° (BI)   45° 
    C3'-exo -118° A605 T635 -101° C2'-endo    
 -47°   -60° (BI)             -86° (BI)   -56° 
    C2'-endo -96° G606 C634 -104° C3'-exo    
 39°   -102° (BI)             -53° (BI)   -64° 
    C2'-endo -98° G607 C633 -95° C2'-endo    
 -70°   -43° (BI)             -62° (BI)   47° 
    C3'-exo -108° T608 A632 -98° C2'-endo    
 51°   -81° (BI)             83° (BII)   45° 
    C2'-endo -75° C609 G631 -94° C2'-endo    
 65°   55° (BII)             -43° (BI)   61° 
    C2'-endo -117° A610 T630 -116° C2'-endo    
 -162°   -55° (BI)             -85° (BI)   -98° 
    C2'-endo -128° C611 G629 -135° C3'-exo    
 17°   -14° (BI)             -35° (BI)   52° 
    C2'-endo -97° T612 A628 -94° C2'-endo    
 177°   92° (BII)             8° (BI)   55° 
    C3'-exo -121° A613 T627 -83° C2'-endo    
 36°   -99° (BI)             -109° (BI)   -51° 
    C2'-endo -104° G614 C626 -105° C3'-exo    
 20°   -34° (BI)             -66° (BI)   -45° 
    C2'-endo -98° G615 C625 -94° C2'-endo    
 -58°   -58° (BI)             -49° (BI)   55° 
    C3'-exo -120° T616 A624 -109° C2'-endo    
 53°   -105° (BI)             34° (BII)   56° 
    C2'-endo -74° C617 G623 -94° C2'-endo    
 52°   86° (BII)             -64° (BI)   42° 
    C2'-endo -106° A618 T622 -107° C2'-endo    
 -176°   -9° (BI)             -105° (BI)   -174° 
    C2'-endo -139° G619 C621 -108° C3'-exo    


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