Table 1. Characteristics of Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds within hybrid G4s.
| Model | Hydrogen bonda | Minimum | Maximum | Average | |||||
| Ocpyb | Distc | Ocpy | Dist | Ocpy | Dist | ||||
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a The subscripted words of T, C, and B indicate the hydrogen bonds located in the top, central, and bottom G-tetrads of hybrid G4s, respectively b Hydrogen bond occupancy during MD (%)c Time averaged hydrogen bond length (Å) | |||||||||
| Hybrid-I G4 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 99.54 | 2.94 | 99.89 | 2.93 | 99.74 | 2.93 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 99.23 | 2.97 | 99.82 | 3.02 | 99.60 | 2.99 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 90.49 | 3.16 | 95.90 | 3.10 | 92.61 | 3.15 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 98.76 | 3.00 | 99.86 | 2.94 | 99.42 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 99.04 | 3.00 | 99.94 | 2.93 | 99.65 | 2.97 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 99.64 | 2.97 | 99.92 | 2.96 | 99.78 | 2.97 | |||
| Hybrid-I G4–APC1 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 98.64 | 2.93 | 99.96 | 2.89 | 99.54 | 2.94 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 99.15 | 3.00 | 99.92 | 2.96 | 99.69 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 93.36 | 3.16 | 97.18 | 3.11 | 95.55 | 3.13 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 99.35 | 2.99 | 99.93 | 2.96 | 99.75 | 2.97 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 99.40 | 3.01 | 99.92 | 2.93 | 99.74 | 2.96 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 99.04 | 3.03 | 99.94 | 2.94 | 99.64 | 2.98 | |||
| Hybrid-I G4–APC2 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 99.68 | 2.94 | 99.80 | 2.92 | 99.74 | 2.93 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 99.01 | 2.99 | 99.92 | 2.99 | 99.43 | 3.00 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 90.75 | 3.17 | 94.54 | 3.13 | 92.71 | 3.16 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 99.21 | 2.98 | 99.77 | 2.96 | 99.60 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 98.91 | 2.98 | 99.91 | 2.93 | 99.40 | 2.98 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 99.70 | 2.97 | 99.91 | 2.96 | 99.77 | 2.96 | |||
| Hybrid-II G4 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 99.55 | 2.96 | 99.75 | 2.95 | 99.69 | 2.94 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 98.63 | 3.06 | 99.87 | 2.97 | 99.41 | 2.99 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 88.55 | 3.14 | 96.82 | 3.05 | 93.04 | 3.09 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 98.16 | 3.02 | 99.75 | 2.97 | 99.33 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 78.41 | 2.94 | 90.93 | 2.99 | 84.55 | 2.97 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 78.48 | 3.00 | 99.54 | 2.98 | 89.00 | 2.99 | |||
| Hybrid-II G4–APC1 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 99.93 | 2.90 | 99.97 | 2.90 | 99.95 | 2.90 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 96.05 | 3.01 | 99.79 | 3.02 | 98.77 | 3.01 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 90.90 | 3.18 | 97.13 | 3.07 | 94.43 | 3.12 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 99.48 | 2.98 | 99.83 | 2.97 | 99.68 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 99.31 | 2.93 | 99.73 | 2.96 | 99.50 | 2.95 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 99.38 | 2.96 | 99.71 | 2.99 | 99.54 | 2.98 | |||
| Hybrid-II G4–APC2 | O6∙∙∙H1−N1T | 99.84 | 2.92 | 99.95 | 2.90 | 99.92 | 2.90 | ||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2T | 91.75 | 3.05 | 99.83 | 2.97 | 97.66 | 3.01 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1C | 92.30 | 3.17 | 98.45 | 3.03 | 96.09 | 3.09 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2C | 98.28 | 3.01 | 99.82 | 2.96 | 99.38 | 2.98 | |||
| O6∙∙∙H1−N1B | 99.62 | 2.96 | 99.86 | 2.96 | 99.72 | 2.95 | |||
| N7∙∙∙H21−N2B | 99.27 | 2.99 | 99.90 | 2.97 | 99.50 | 2.98 | |||