Basepairs involving WatsonCrick(W) 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 W:+ Cis

11

Residue Nos. 49(C)-65(C) PDB ID 2CT8

N7-O6...N3-C6

C4-N1...O2-N1

G:C W:W Cis

6056/
518

Residue Nos. 43(X)-27(X) PDB ID 1Y26

C6-N3...N1-N9

C5-N4...O6-N7

N1-O2...N2-N3

G:C W:W Trans

64/
5

Residue Nos. 15(T)-48(T) PDB ID 1H4S

N9-N1...O2-N1

N3-N2...N3-C6

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