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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A YEAST BRF1-TBP-DNA TERNARY COMPLEX
PDB code 1NGM   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0368 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 19 base pairs
Protein Transcription initiation factor TFIID (TATA-box factor) (TATA sequence-binding protein) (TBP) (Transcription factor D) Transcription factor IIIB 70 kDa subunit (TFIIIB) (B-related factor) (BRF), Transcription Factor

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' C1 T2 A3 T4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 T12 G13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 3'
Strand 2    3' G19 A18 T17 A16 T15 T14 T13 T12 T11 T10 T9 A8 C7 A6 A5 A4 A3 A2 A1 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      

C1 G19            
    2.4 -0.6 -0.4 35° -6°
T2 A18            
    4.4 0.3 -1.2 30° 38°
A3 T17            
    2.6 -1.3 -0.9 19° -8°
T4 A16            
    3.4 0.0 0.9 30°
A5 T15            
    2.7 0.1 -0.9 18°
A6 T14            
    4.3 0.4 0.7 38° -14°
A7 T13            
    2.9 0.6 -0.3 24°
A8 T12            
    4.3 -0.2 -0.0 28° 22°
A9 T11            
    3.4 -1.9 -0.7 36° -1°
A10 T10            
    2.4 2.4 -0.4 35° -2° -6°
A11 T9            
    3.8 -0.1 0.6 39° -18°
T12 A8            
    4.0 -0.1 -0.5 34° -9°
G13 C7            
    2.8 0.4 -0.3 29°
T14 A6            
    3.3 -1.1 -0.2 43° -2°
T15 A5            
    3.1 1.6 0.8 35° -4° -4°
T16 A4            
    2.9 -1.0 -0.6 25° -10° -5°
T17 A3            
    3.4 0.5 1.1 46° -2°
T18 A2            
    3.1 -0.4 -0.5 39° -3° -4°
T19 A1            


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'-exo -158° C1 G19 -142° C1'-exo    
 46°   -72° (BI)             42° (BII)   77° 
    C3'-endo -143° T2 A18 -114° C1'-exo    
 53°   -80° (BI)             -48° (BI)   -22° 
    C1'-exo -124° A3 T17 -60° C1'-exo    
 -63°   -18° (BI)             -33° (BI)   57° 
    C3'-exo -100° T4 A16 -94° C2'-endo    
 2°   -21° (BI)             -69° (BI)   -16° 
    C2'-endo -72° A5 T15 -71° O1'-endo    
 -1°   1° (BI)             -26° (BI)   52° 
    O1'-endo -69° A6 T14 -101° O1'-endo    
 72°   -39° (BI)             -78° (BI)   -2° 
    C3'-endo -122° A7 T13 -111° C4'-exo    
 5°   -37° (BI)             -16° (BI)   52° 
    C1'-exo -67° A8 T12 -126° O1'-endo    
 25°   -6° (BI)             -72° (BI)   70° 
    C2'-endo -66° A9 T11 -128° O1'-endo    
 147°   28° (BII)             -106° (BI)   37° 
    C1'-exo -157° A10 T10 -107° C1'-exo    
 33°   -85° (BI)             15° (BI)   54° 
    C2'-endo -115° A11 T9 -127° C1'-exo    
 66°   -5° (BI)             -44° (BI)   31° 
    C2'-endo -112° T12 A8 -114° C1'-exo    
 -1°   9° (BI)             -32° (BI)   -177° 
    C2'-endo -116° G13 C7 -142° C1'-exo    
 -65°   -28° (BI)             -51° (BI)   81° 
    C3'-exo -107° T14 A6 -128° O1'-endo    
 53°   -101° (BI)             -72° (BI)   80° 
    C2'-endo -105° T15 A5 -103° C1'-exo    
 57°   -87° (BI)             -15° (BI)   43° 
    C2'-endo -109° T16 A4 -82° C1'-exo    
 153°   -25° (BI)             -138° (BI)   69° 
    O1'-endo -170° T17 A3 -91° C2'-endo    
 56°   -94° (BI)             -56° (BI)   -75° 
    C2'-endo -114° T18 A2 -87° C3'-exo    
 160°   -77° (BI)             -52° (BI)   45° 
    C1'-exo -177° T19 A1 -161° 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