Basepairs involving Sugar(S) edge of Guanine and WatsonCrick(W) edge of Cytosine 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

G:C S:+ Trans

0

Optimized Model Structure

C6-N3...N3-C6

N1-N2...O2-C1'

G:C S:W Cis

4

Optimized Model Structure

N7-N3...N4-C5

C8-C1'...N3-C6

G:C S:W Trans

16

Residue Nos. 3046(9)-3043(9) PDB ID 1VQO

N1-N2...N3-C6

C6-N3...N4-C5

G:C z:W Cis

0

Optimized Model Structure

C6-N3...O2-C1'

N1-N2...N3-C6'

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