Minor and major groove widths: direct P-P distances and refined P-P distances which take into account the directions of the sugar-phosphate backbones (Subtract 5.8 Angstrom from the values to take account of the vdw radii of the phosphate groups, and for comparison with FreeHelix and Curves.) Ref: M. A. El Hassan and C. R. Calladine (1998). ``Two Distinct Modes of Protein-induced Bending in DNA.'' J. Mol. Biol., v282, pp331-343. Minor Groove Major Groove P-P Refined P-P Refined 1 GA/UC --- --- --- --- 2 AG/CU --- --- --- --- 3 GG/CC 17.9 --- 16.9 --- 4 GG/CC 17.0 15.3 17.4 14.8 5 GC/GC 17.0 15.3 16.2 14.5 6 CG/CG 17.2 15.8 14.7 10.4 7 GG/CC 16.7 15.2 16.4 13.7 8 GG/CC 16.2 --- 16.1 --- 9 Gu/AC --- --- --- --- 10 uP/GA --- --- --- --- 11 PC/GG --- --- --- --- 12 CC/GG --- --- --- --- 13 CC/GG --- --- --- --- 14 CG/GG 17.1 --- 8.0 --- 15 GA/UG --- --- --- --- 16 AG/CU --- --- --- --- 17 GG/CC --- --- --- --- 18 GA/UC --- --- --- --- 19 AG/CU --- --- --- --- 20 GG/CC --- --- --- --- 21 GG/CC 17.0 --- 18.9 --- 22 GG/UC 16.9 --- 17.6 --- 23 GG/CU --- --- --- --- 24 GG/CC --- --- --- ---