Basepairs involving WatsonCrick(W) edge of Cytosine and Hoogsteen(H) edge of Uracil 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

C:U w:h Cis

0

Optimized Model Structure

C5-N4...O4-N3

C6-N3...C5-C2

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