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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

PDB code 2D1B   (PDB summary)
Duplex length 39 base pairs

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' G1 G2 G3 U4 C5 G6 G7 C8 U9 U10 G11 C12 U13 G14 A15 A16 G17 U18 G19 C20 A21 C22 A23 C24 G25 G26 C27 A28 A29 G30 A31 G32 G33 C34 G35 A36 C37 C38 C39 3'
Strand 2    3' C39 C38 C37 A36 G35 C34 G33 G32 A31 G30 A29 A28 C27 G26 G25 C24 A23 C22 A21 C20 G19 U18 G17 A16 A15 G14 U13 C12 G11 U10 U9 C8 G7 G6 C5 U4 G3 G2 G1 5'

CURVES analysis failed.
  No curvilinear helical axis determined.
  No helix parameters determined.


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.


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