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. 2000 Mar 21;97(7):3034–3037. doi: 10.1073/pnas.070042697

Table 2.

Hydrogen bonds

Type Donor Acceptor** Donor– acceptor, Å Hydrogen*– acceptor, Å CO⋅⋅⋅N angle, degrees
Intermol N1 O11 3.035 2.17 143
Solvent N2 W1 2.887 2.00
Head-to-tail N3 O9 2.870 2.01 147
Head-to-tail N4 O7 2.979 2.14 169
Helix 4 → 1 N5 O2 2.975 2.41 123
 Transition
Helix 5 → 1 N6 O2 2.956 2.10 166
Helix 5 → 1 N7 O3 3.139 2.35 162
Helix 4 → 1 N8 O5 3.046 2.18 116
Helix reversal N9 O4 2.818 2.02 150
β- N10 O17 3.001 2.16 158
Intermol N11 O1 2.825 1.98 147
β- N12 O15 2.914 2.05 128
N13 (dPro)
Intermol N14 O6§ 2.889 2.002 158
β- N15 O12 2.982 2.18 133
N16 No hydrogen bond
β- N17 O10 2.858 1.99 154
Solvent W1 W2 2.564
Solvent W2 Oo 2.681
Solvent W2 O5 2.773

*Hydrogen atoms were placed in idealized positions with N–H = 0.90 Å. 

At symmetry equivalent −x, ½ + y, −z

At symmetry equivalent −x, −½ + y, −z

§At symmetry equivalent −1 + x, y, −1 + z

At symmetry equivalent 1 − x, ½ + y, −z

At symmetry equivalent 1 − x, −½ + y, −z

**O8, O13, O14, and O16 do not participate in hydrogen bonding.