Flexibility of the furanose ring in nucleic acids: a compilation of crystal data

Pattabiraman, N and Rao, M Jagannatha (1982) Flexibility of the furanose ring in nucleic acids: a compilation of crystal data. In: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 4 (2). pp. 91-98.

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Abstract

A compilation of crystal structure data on deoxyribo- and ribonucleosides and their higher derivatives is presented. The aim of this paper is to highlight the flexibility of deoxyribose and ribose rings. So far, the conformational parameters of nucleic acids constituents of ribose and deoxyribose have not been analysed separately. This paper aims to correlate the conformational parameters with the nature and puckering of the sugar. Deoxyribose puckering occurs in the C2′ endo region while ribose puckering is observed both in the C3′ endo and C2′ endo regions. A few endocyclic and exocyclic bond angles depend on the puckering and the nature of the sugar. The majority of structures have an anti conformation about the glycosyl bond. There appears to be a puckering dependence on the torsion angle about the C4′---C5′ bonds. Such stereochemical information is useful in model building studies of polynucleotides and nucleic acids.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2009 08:43
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:42
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/22497

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