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. 2003 Jun 15;31(12):2975–2989. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg407

Table 4. x-component (in Å), ϖ and χ (in °) angle of the denoted vector for different nucleic acid analogs as depicted in Figure 9.

  Vector x-component ϖ χ
B-DNA C5′–O3′ –2.2 309 262
A-RNA C5′–O3′ –0.8 318 194
HNA C6′–O4′ –0.6 (-0.7)a 307 (316)a 215 (223)a
p-RNA C4′–O2′ 2.7 (3.0)b 312 (296)b 241 (230)b
  O4′–O3′ 0.2 350 241
α-Lyxo C4′–O2′ 2.2 18 212
  O4′–O3′ –0.6 344 212
α-DNA C5′–O3′ 3.0 111 140
  Parallel: O3′–C5′ –3.0 291 140
α-Homo-DNA C6′–O4′ 0.3 116 136
  Parallel: O4′–C6′ –0.3 (–0.3)c 296 (326)c 136 (158)c
β-Homo-DNA C6′–O4′ –1.6 (–1.6)d 281 (233)d 230 (278)d

Values are listed for energy-minimized monomers and as measured in a duplex structure if available. For comparison, values in an A-RNA and B-DNA canonical duplex are mentioned.

a pdb entry 1EJZ (18).

bQuasi-linear model reconstructed from Schlonvogt et al. (23).

cModel from Froeyen et al. (13).

dLinear model reconstructed from Otting et al. (14).