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Base-stacking interactions in double-helical DNA structures: experiment versus theory.

T E Haran1, Z Berkovich-Yellin, Z Shakked

  • 1Department of Structural Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics
|October 1, 1984
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Stacking energies in double helices are sensitive to base pair orientation. Local conformational changes in DNA structures help stabilize stacking energy distribution.

Area of Science:

  • Structural biology
  • Computational chemistry
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Double-helical structures, like DNA, are stabilized by stacking interactions between base pairs.
  • Understanding these stacking energies is crucial for predicting and interpreting structural conformations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To calculate atom-atom potential energies for deriving stacking energies in double-helical structures.
  • To compare energy patterns between experimentally determined structures and idealized models.

Main Methods:

  • Atom-atom potential energy calculations.
  • Comparison of A- and B-type double-helical fragments from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data with idealized uniform models from fiber diffraction data.

Main Results:

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  • Van der Waals stacking energy is highly sensitive to local changes in the relative orientation of adjacent base pairs.
  • Sequence-dependent conformational variability in high-resolution structures results from the equipartitioning of stacking energy.
  • Observed structures exhibit dampened energy variations compared to uniform models due to local conformational adjustments.

Conclusions:

  • Local conformational changes in helix rotation and roll angles significantly stabilize stacking energy distribution in double helices.
  • Experimental structures reveal a more nuanced energy landscape than idealized models, highlighting the importance of sequence-dependent variations.