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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Frequency and hydrogen bonding of nucleobase homopairs in small molecule crystals.

Małgorzata Katarzyna Cabaj, Paulina Maria Dominiak

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Małgorzata Katarzyna CabajBiological and Chemical Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland.
Paulina Maria DominiakBiological and Chemical Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland.

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Abstract

We used the high resolution and accuracy of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) to provide detailed information regarding base pairing interactions of selected nucleobases. We searched for base pairs in which nucleobases interact with each other through two or more hydrogen bonds and form more or less planar structures. The investigated compounds were either free forms or derivatives of adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, thymine, uracil and cytosine. We divided our findings into categories including types of pairs, protonation patterns and whether they are formed by free bases or substituted ones. We found base pair types that are exclusive to small molecule crystal structures, some that can be found only in RNA containing crystal structures and many that are native to both environments. With a few exceptions, nucleobase protonation generally followed a standard pattern governed by pKa values. The lengths of hydrogen bonds did not depend on whether the nucleobases forming a base pair were charged or not. The reasons why particular nucleobases formed base pairs in a certain way varied significantly.

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Databases, ProteinHydrogen BondingProtein ConformationAdenineBase PairingCrystallography, X-RayCytosineGuanineHypoxanthineMolecular StructureProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesThymineUracilAdenineCytosineGuanineHypoxanthineProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesThymineUracil

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PMID32725210
PMCPMC7470937

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