Basepairs involving Hoogsteen(H) edge of Adenine and WatsonCrick(W) edge of Guanine is shown. Highlighted examples are found from RNA crystal structures obtained from PDB.

Base pairs stabilized by N-H...N/O type hydrogen bonds only

Basepair

(type & Orientation)

*Frequency

Example

Hydrogen bonding atoms with their precursors

A:G H:W Cis

9/
3

Optimized Model Structure

N7-O6...N6-N1

N9-N1...N7-C4

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:G h:w Trans

0

Optimized Model Structure

N3-N7...N1-C4

C4-C8...O6-N7

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