Basepairs involving Sugar(S) edge of Adenine and Hoogsteen(H) edge of Cytosine is shown. Highlighted examples are found from RNA crystal structures obtained from PDB.

Base pairs stabilized by C-H…N/O interactions along with N-H…N/O hydrogen bonds

Basepair

(type & Orientation)

*Frequency

Example

Hydrogen bonding atoms with their precursors

A:C s:h Cis

8

Optimized Model Structure

C5-N3...N4-N3

C8-O2'...C5-C2

A:C s:h Trans

0

Optimized Model Structure

C5-N3...C5-C2

C8-O2'...N3-N4

* 1st and 2nd numbers in Frequency column represent the numbers of occurences as base pairs and as base triplets, respectively.