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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title THE PHAGE 434 OR2/R1-69 COMPLEX AT 2.5 ANGSTROMS RESOLUTION
PDB code 1RPE   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDR011 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 19 base pairs
Protein Phage 434 repressor, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Prokaryotic helix-turn-helix

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' A2 T3 A4 C5 A6 A7 T8 G9 T10 A11 T12 C13 T14 T15 G16 T17 T18 T19 G20 3'
Strand 2    3' T40 A39 T38 G37 T36 T35 A34 C33 A32 T31 A30 G29 A28 A27 C26 A25 A24 A23 C22 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      

A2 T40            
    3.8 0.0 0.0 30°
T3 A39            
    3.2 0.7 0.1 40° -2° -2°
A4 T38            
    3.4 -1.3 -0.5 31°
C5 G37            
    3.4 0.3 -0.0 32° -1°
A6 T36            
    3.5 0.5 0.3 30°
A7 T35            
    3.1 -0.4 0.1 35° -1°
T8 A34            
    3.5 0.1 -0.0 45° -1°
G9 C33            
    3.1 -0.1 -0.6 28° -8° -1°
T10 A32            
    3.5 -0.2 0.5 46° -3°
A11 T31            
    2.7 0.3 -0.2 31° -4°
T12 A30            
    3.7 0.2 -0.9 31° -3°
C13 G29            
    3.5 -0.3 0.3 45° -0° -1°
T14 A28            
    2.9 -0.0 0.7 33°
T15 A27            
    3.9 -0.5 -0.1 33° -1°
G16 C26            
    3.1 0.7 -0.5 26° -1° -2°
T17 A25            
    3.9 0.2 -0.6 40°
T18 A24            
    2.9 -0.2 0.5 34°
T19 A23            
    3.7 -0.3 0.1 46° -1°
G20 C22            


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 -107° A2 T40 -172° O1'-endo    
 38°   -47° (BI)             21° (BII)   54° 
    C1'-exo -119° T3 A39 -122° C1'-exo    
 76°   -78° (BI)             -48° (BI)   64° 
    C1'-exo -129° A4 T38 -130° C1'-exo    
 11°   -13° (BI)             -85° (BI)   50° 
    C1'-exo -115° C5 G37 -117° C1'-exo    
 45°   -106° (BI)             -76° (BI)   32° 
    C2'-endo -101° A6 T36 -115° C1'-exo    
 48°   -51° (BI)             -35° (BI)   7° 
    C2'-endo -114° A7 T35 -95° C2'-endo    
 54°   -29° (BI)             -23° (BI)   58° 
    C1'-exo -114° T8 A34 -107° C2'-endo    
 56°   -63° (BI)             -86° (BI)   44° 
    C1'-exo -120° G9 C33 -125° C1'-exo    
 69°   -72° (BI)             5° (BI)   39° 
    C1'-exo -120° T10 A32 -112° C2'-endo    
 54°   -38° (BI)             2° (BI)   63° 
    C2'-endo -109° A11 T31 -105° C2'-endo    
 41°   -69° (BI)             -42° (BI)   65° 
    C2'-endo -96° T12 A30 -122° C2'-endo    
 0°   -15° (BI)             -81° (BI)   48° 
    C2'-endo -98° C13 G29 -115° C1'-exo    
 34°   -9° (BI)             -12° (BI)   57° 
    O1'-endo -119° T14 A28 -102° C3'-exo    
 35°   -89° (BI)             -24° (BI)   -25° 
    C2'-endo -83° T15 A27 -89° C2'-endo    
 -11°   -27° (BI)             -54° (BI)   43° 
    C2'-endo -104° G16 C26 -98° C2'-endo    
 56°   -74° (BI)             -51° (BI)   92° 
    C2'-endo -115° T17 A25 -124° C2'-endo    
 40°   -41° (BI)             -101° (BI)   68° 
    C1'-exo -124° T18 A24 -113° C1'-exo    
 44°   -5° (BI)             -79° (BI)   36° 
    C1'-exo -116° T19 A23 -105° C2'-endo    
 118°   -65° (BI)             -26° (BI)   126° 
    C1'-exo -135° G20 C22 -137° 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