Geometric parameters in nucleic acids: Nitrogenous bases

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Clowney, L [1 ]
Jain, SC [1 ]
Srinivasan, AR [1 ]
Westbrook, J [1 ]
Olson, WK [1 ]
Berman, HM [1 ]
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[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
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10.1021/ja952883d
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O6 [化学];
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We present estimates of the bond-length and bond-angle parameters for the nitrogenous base side groups of nucleic acids. These values are the result of a statistical survey of small molecules in the Cambridge Structural Database for which high-resolution X-ray and neutron crystal structures are available. The statistics include arithmetic means and standard deviations for the different samples, as well as comparisons of the population distributions for sugar- and non-sugar-derivatized bases. These accumulated data provide appropriate target values for refinements of oligonucleotide structures, as well as sets of standard atomic coordinates for the five common bases.
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