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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title Y-FAMILY DNA POLYMERASE DPO4 IN COMPLEX WITH DNA CONTAINING ABASIC LESION
PDB code 1N56   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0362 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 12 base pairs
Protein Y-FAMILY DNA POLYMERASE DPO4, DNA POLYMERASE IV, Polymerase, 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' G1801 G1802 G1803 G1804 G1805 A1806 A1807 G1808 G1809 A1810 C1811 T1812 3'
Strand 2    3' C1918 C1917 C1916 C1915 C1914 T1913 T1912 C1911 C1910 T1909 G1908 A1907 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      

G1801 C1918            
    3.5 1.1 0.1 33° -0°
G1802 C1917            
    3.2 -1.7 0.1 34° -13°
G1803 C1916            
    3.0 1.1 -0.0 32°
G1804 C1915            
    3.6 -0.4 -0.4 29°
G1805 C1914            
    3.0 0.3 0.0 32° -9°
A1806 T1913            
    3.2 -0.2 -0.2 37° -3°
A1807 T1912            
    3.1 0.1 0.0 36°
G1808 C1911            
    3.5 0.6 0.4 37° -2°
G1809 C1910            
    3.4 -0.7 0.1 37° -10° -6°
A1810 T1909            
    3.4 0.6 -0.1 28° -1°
C1811 G1908            
    3.2 -0.4 -0.2 32° -3°
T1812 A1907            


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 -104° G1801 C1918 -108° C2'-endo    
 44°   -68° (BI)             31° (BII)   37° 
    C2'-endo -97° G1802 C1917 -90° C2'-endo    
 38°   30° (BII)             -101° (BI)   46° 
    C2'-endo -116° G1803 C1916 -115° C2'-endo    
 38°   -88° (BI)             -20° (BI)   47° 
    C2'-endo -92° G1804 C1915 -90° C2'-endo    
 42°   -4° (BI)             24° (BII)   46° 
    C2'-endo -110° G1805 C1914 -97° C2'-endo    
 37°   27° (BII)             -50° (BI)   48° 
    C1'-exo -118° A1806 T1913 -108° C2'-endo    
 43°   -30° (BI)             -91° (BI)   42° 
    C2'-endo -120° A1807 T1912 -104° C2'-endo    
 42°   -22° (BI)             -78° (BI)   -171° 
    C2'-endo -107° G1808 C1911 -130° C2'-endo    
 50°   -11° (BI)             -8° (BI)   172° 
    C2'-endo -118° G1809 C1910 -149° C2'-endo    
 38°   -51° (BI)             -93° (BI)   52° 
    C2'-endo -112° A1810 T1909 -124° C2'-endo    
 36°   -85° (BI)             -74° (BI)   -54° 
    C1'-exo -103° C1811 G1908 -113° C2'-endo    
 43°   -73° (BI)             -60° (BI)   21° 
    C2'-endo -107° T1812 A1907 -120° C1'-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