Metallo-base pairs can be identified by DSSR

Recently, I became aware of the metallo-base pairs, such as T-Hg-T (PDB id: 4l24) and C-Ag-C (5ay2) from the work of Kondo et al (Pubmed: 24478025 and 26448329). As of v1.4.3-2015oct23, DSSR can detect such metallo-bps automatically, as shown below:

# x3dna-dssr -i=4l24.pdb -o=4l24.out
List of 12 base pairs
      nt1            nt2           bp  name        Saenger    LW  DSSR
   1 A.DC1          B.DG24         C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   2 A.DG2          B.DC23         G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   3 A.DC3          B.DG22         C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   4 A.DG4          B.DC21         G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   5 A.DA5          B.DT20         A-T WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
   6 A.DT6          B.DT19         T-T Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
   7 A.DT7          B.DT18         T-T Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
   8 A.DT8          B.DA17         T-A WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
   9 A.DC9          B.DG16         C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  10 A.DG10         B.DC15         G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  11 A.DC11         B.DG14         C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  12 A.DG12         B.DC13         G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W

and

# x3dna-dssr -i=5ay2.pdb -o=5ay2.out
List of 24 base pairs
      nt1            nt2           bp  name        Saenger    LW  DSSR
   1 A.G1           B.C12          G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   2 A.G2           B.C11          G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   3 A.A3           B.U10          A-U WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
   4 A.C4           B.C9           C-C Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
   5 A.U5           B.A8           U-A WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
   6 A.CBR6         B.G7           c-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   7 A.G7           B.CBR6         G-c WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
   8 A.A8           B.U5           A-U WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
   9 A.C9           B.C4           C-C Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
  10 A.U10          B.A3           U-A WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
  11 A.C11          B.G2           C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  12 A.C12          B.G1           C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  13 C.G1           D.C12          G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  14 C.G2           D.C11          G-C WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  15 C.A3           D.U10          A-U WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
  16 C.C4           D.C9           C-C Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
  17 C.U5           D.A8           U-A WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
  18 C.CBR6         D.G7           c-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  19 C.G7           D.CBR6         G-c WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  20 C.A8           D.U5           A-U WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
  21 C.C9           D.C4           C-C Metal       n/a       cWW  cW-W
  22 C.U10          D.A3           U-A WC          20-XX     cWW  cW-W
  23 C.C11          D.G2           C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W
  24 C.C12          D.G1           C-G WC          19-XIX    cWW  cW-W

Note the name “Metal” for the metallo-bps. Moreover, the corresponding entries in the ‘dssr-pairs.pdb’ file also include the metal ions, as shown below:

Metallo T-Hg-T base pair (PDB id: 4l24)Metallo C-Ag-C base pair (PDB id: 5ay2)

It is worth noting that in a metallo-bp, the metal ion lies approximately in the bp plane. Moreover, it is in the middle of the two bases, which would otherwise not form a pair in the conventional sense.

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