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. 2000 Nov 7;97(23):12565–12570. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.23.12565

Table 2.

Hard-sphere contact distances*

N C(sp3) C(sp2) O HN H
N 2.57 Å 2.85 Å 2.71 Å 2.57 Å 2.32 Å 2.32 Å
(2.33 Å)
C(sp3) 3.14 Å 2.99 Å 2.85 Å 2.52 Å 2.52 Å
C(sp2) 2.85 Å 2.71 Å 2.38 Å 2.38 Å
O 2.57 Å 2.32 Å 2.32 Å
(1.71 Å)
HN 1.90 Å 1.90 Å
H 1.90 Å
*

All contact distances were obtained from Hopfinger (16) and softened by a factor of 0.95. Values in parentheses were used when the atoms in question are in a hydrogen bond.