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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE/FRAGMENT OF FAB 28/DNA COMPLEX
PDB code 2HMI   (PDB summary)
NDB code PD0005 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 18 base pairs
Protein HIV reverse transcriptase, Polymerase

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' T802 G803 G804 C805 G806 C807 C808 C809 G810 A811 A812 C813 A814 G815 G816 G817 A818 C819 3'
Strand 2    3' A838 C837 C836 G835 C834 G833 G832 G831 C830 T829 T828 G827 T826 C825 C824 C823 T822 G821 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      

T802 A838            
    3.9 -0.2 -0.4 30° 16° -1°
G803 C837            
    3.2 -0.5 -0.4 29° -3° -9°
G804 C836            
    3.4 0.0 -0.8 28° -2°
C805 G835            
    2.8 0.6 0.7 33°
G806 C834            
    3.9 -0.2 -1.1 31° -1° -0°
C807 G833            
    2.6 0.8 0.8 34° 19°
C808 G832            
    3.8 -0.5 -0.7 30° 15° -7°
C809 G831            
    3.1 0.5 -0.0 41° 15°
G810 C830            
    3.1 -0.5 0.2 36° -1° -4°
A811 T829            
    3.0 0.4 0.3 38° -4°
A812 T828            
    3.1 0.0 -0.7 29°
C813 G827            
    3.5 0.7 1.3 36° -10°
A814 T826            
    3.2 -0.1 -0.5 30° -4°
G815 C825            
    3.8 -1.2 0.8 38° -3° -5°
G816 C824            
    2.6 0.4 -0.7 35° -7°
G817 C823            
    4.3 0.7 -0.6 30° -1°
A818 T822            
    3.6 -0.1 0.5 35° -11° -9°
C819 G821            


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'-endo -145° T802 A838 -125° C4'-exo    
 -25°   -49° (BI)             -116° (BI)   53° 
    C3'-endo -146° G803 C837 -105° C4'-exo    
 -58°   -81° (BI)             -137° (BI)   59° 
    C2'-exo -151° G804 C836 -125° C4'-exo    
 61°   -128° (BI)             -146° (BI)   16° 
    C4'-exo -146° C805 G835 -140° C4'-exo    
 66°   -71° (BI)             -22° (BI)   -3° 
    C4'-exo -152° G806 C834 -153° C4'-exo    
 7°   -66° (BI)             -58° (BI)   63° 
    C4'-exo -144° C807 G833 -159° C4'-exo    
 34°   -111° (BI)             -8° (BI)   -42° 
    C2'-endo -75° C808 G832 -108° C2'-endo    
 158°   -83° (BI)             -50° (BI)   177° 
    C2'-endo -157° C809 G831 -140° C3'-exo    
 174°   -135° (BI)             -74° (BI)   161° 
    C3'-exo -129° G810 C830 -147° C3'-exo    
 -51°   -46° (BI)             -121° (BI)   161° 
    C3'-exo -113° A811 T829 -126° C3'-exo    
 49°   -141° (BI)             -101° (BI)   177° 
    C3'-exo -93° A812 T828 -145° C2'-endo    
 28°   -148° (BI)             -121° (BI)   47° 
    C3'-exo -95° C813 G827 -100° C2'-endo    
 47°   -49° (BI)             -15° (BI)   -66° 
    C2'-endo -104° A814 T826 -87° C3'-exo    
 44°   -58° (BI)             133° (BII)   154° 
    C2'-endo -105° G815 C825 -124° C3'-exo    
 174°   58° (BII)             -133° (BI)   -93° 
    C2'-endo -155° G816 C824 -134° C3'-exo    
 179°   -123° (BI)             -43° (BI)   -126° 
    C2'-endo -116° G817 C823 -148° C3'-exo    
 -56°   -84° (BI)             -5° (BI)   165° 
    C2'-endo -72° A818 T822 -125° C3'-exo    
 -136°   28° (BII)             -67° (BI)   -177° 
    C3'-exo -153° C819 G821 -147° 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