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

Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics
T E HaranZ Shakked

Abstract

Atom-atom potential energy calculations have been undertaken for deriving stacking energies in double-helical structures. A comparison between the energy patterns of A- and B-type double-helical fragments determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods versus idealized uniform models based on fibre diffraction data shows that the van der Waals stacking energy is largely sensitive to local changes in the relative orientation of adjacent base pairs. The sequence-dependent conformational variability observed in the high-resolution structures appears to be a consequence of the equipartitioning of the stacking energy along the double helix. The large energy variations expected for a uniform structure are dampened considerably in the observed structures by means of local changes in conformational features such as helix rotation and roll angles between base pairs.

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