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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title SOLUTION NMR STRUCTURE OF THE L22V MUTANT DNA BINDING DOMAIN OF AREA COMPLEXED TO A 13 BP DNA CONTAINING A TGATA SITE, 34 STRUCTURES
PDB code 7GAT   (PDB summary)
NDB code 7GAT (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 13 base pairs
Protein Area, Transcription factor, DNA binding domain: Cys4 zinc finger, divers

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' C101 A102 G103 T104 G105 A106 T107 A108 G109 A110 G111 A112 C113 3'
Strand 2    3' G126 T125 C124 A123 C122 T121 A120 T119 C118 T117 C116 T115 G114 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      

C101 G126            
    4.1 -0.0 0.0 35° -2°
A102 T125            
    3.7 0.1 -0.2 33°
G103 C124            
    3.5 -0.3 -0.4 32° -1° -1°
T104 A123            
    4.3 0.1 0.4 42° -1°
G105 C122            
    3.6 0.4 -0.3 36°
A106 T121            
    2.7 -0.4 -0.2 27° -4° -2°
T107 A120            
    3.9 0.5 0.1 42° -5°
A108 T119            
    3.3 -0.3 -0.0 32° -6° -2°
G109 C118            
    4.0 0.4 0.4 40° -9°
A110 T117            
    4.1 -0.5 0.1 32° -3°
G111 C116            
    3.6 -0.1 0.2 36° -3°
A112 T115            
    4.2 0.3 -0.3 30° -3° -4°
C113 G114            


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'-exo -117° C101 G126 -112° C1'-exo    
 50°   -86° (BI)             -77° (BI)   51° 
    C1'-exo -117° A102 T125 -117° C1'-exo    
 50°   -87° (BI)             -88° (BI)   50° 
    C1'-exo -116° G103 C124 -115° O1'-endo    
 53°   -86° (BI)             -90° (BI)   50° 
    C1'-exo -119° T104 A123 -110° C2'-endo    
 50°   -82° (BI)             -81° (BI)   55° 
    C2'-endo -110° G105 C122 -120° C1'-exo    
 50°   -85° (BI)             -86° (BI)   54° 
    O1'-endo -119° A106 T121 -116° C1'-exo    
 50°   -90° (BI)             -89° (BI)   56° 
    C1'-exo -118° T107 A120 -120° O1'-endo    
 54°   -90° (BI)             -87° (BI)   54° 
    C2'-endo -118° A108 T119 -118° C1'-exo    
 54°   -83° (BI)             -87° (BI)   60° 
    C2'-endo -114° G109 C118 -120° C1'-exo    
 54°   -90° (BI)             -89° (BI)   56° 
    C2'-exo -112° A110 T117 -118° C1'-exo    
 50°   -85° (BI)             -85° (BI)   54° 
    C2'-endo -117° G111 C116 -119° C1'-exo    
 50°   -83° (BI)             -90° (BI)   50° 
    C2'-endo -110° A112 T115 -118° C1'-exo    
 53°   -90° (BI)             -86° (BI)   50° 
    C1'-exo -120° C113 G114 -110° 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