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Analysis of nucleic acid double helix geometry

Title TRANSPOSASE TC3A1-65 FROM CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS
PDB code 1TC3   (PDB summary)
NDB code PDE0128 (NDB atlas)
Duplex length 19 base pairs
Protein TC3A1-65, Transposase

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' G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 T9 C10 C11 T12 A13 T14 A15 G16 A17 A18 C19 T20 3'
Strand 2    3' C119 C118 C117 C116 C115 C114 C113 A112 G111 G110 A109 T108 A107 T106 C105 T104 T103 G102 A101 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      

G2 C119            
    3.5 -0.1 0.3 41° -6°
G3 C118            
    2.9 0.2 -0.5 28° 13° -11°
G4 C117            
    3.2 0.0 -0.7 30° 11° -3°
G5 C116            
    3.3 0.0 -0.4 26° 14°
G6 C115            
    3.5 0.7 -0.4 30° 10°
G7 C114            
    3.7 0.5 -1.1 27° 13°
G8 C113            
    3.1 0.3 0.1 34°
T9 A112            
    3.4 0.9 0.6 35° -1° 12°
C10 G111            
    4.0 -1.0 0.2 32° -5° -3°
C11 G110            
    3.0 0.9 -0.8 28° 10°
T12 A109            
    3.2 0.6 1.1 46° -10° -3°
A13 T108            
    3.3 -0.2 -1.1 32° -8°
T14 A107            
    3.6 0.0 1.1 48° -16° -5°
A15 T106            
    3.5 0.1 0.5 26° 13° -3°
G16 C105            
    2.9 -0.6 -0.2 34° -3° -8°
A17 T104            
    2.9 -0.2 0.0 35° -10°
A18 T103            
    4.1 0.2 -0.5 35°
C19 G102            
    3.8 -0.2 -0.4 36° 10°
T20 A101            


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 -173° G2 C119 -129° C2'-endo    
 50°   -83° (BI)             -61° (BI)   43° 
    C3'-endo -163° G3 C118 -122° C2'-endo    
 58°   -82° (BI)             -54° (BI)   -169° 
    C3'-endo -173° G4 C117 -170° C3'-endo    
 71°   -99° (BI)             -94° (BI)   48° 
    C4'-exo -176° G5 C116 -166° C4'-exo    
 56°   -47° (BI)             -85° (BI)   35° 
    C3'-endo -168° G6 C115 -156° C3'-endo    
 62°   -94° (BI)             -53° (BI)   -159° 
    C3'-endo -177° G7 C114 -165° C3'-endo    
 -138°   -67° (BI)             -52° (BI)   149° 
    C1'-endo -165° G8 C113 -151° O1'-endo    
 150°   -65° (BI)             -103° (BI)   59° 
    O1'-endo -154° T9 A112 -135° C4'-exo    
 21°   -87° (BI)             69° (BII)   45° 
    C2'-endo -79° C10 G111 -93° C2'-endo    
 68°   78° (BII)             -100° (BI)   77° 
    C2'-endo -123° C11 G110 -109° C1'-exo    
 -6°   -49° (BI)             -134° (BI)   48° 
    C2'-endo -70° T12 A109 -89° C4'-endo    
 66°   76° (BII)             31° (BII)   63° 
    C2'-endo -109° A13 T108 -113° C2'-endo    
 39°   31° (BII)             -90° (BI)   56° 
    C1'-exo -123° T14 A107 -97° C2'-endo    
 48°   49° (BII)             86° (BII)   69° 
    C3'-exo -94° A15 T106 -88° C3'-exo    
 40°   -80° (BI)             -88° (BI)   78° 
    C2'-endo -69° G16 C105 -130° C4'-exo    
 50°   104° (BII)             -70° (BI)   38° 
    C1'-exo -113° A17 T104 -120° C1'-exo    
 45°   8° (BI)             -19° (BI)   166° 
    O1'-endo -137° A18 T103 -179° C4'-exo    
 -165°   -101° (BI)             -79° (BI)   -121° 
    C3'-endo -154° C19 G102 -131° C3'-exo    
 85°   29° (BII)             -73° (BI)   -157° 
    C4'-exo -167° T20 A101 -137° O1'-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