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. 1977 Aug;4(8):2747–2755. doi: 10.1093/nar/4.8.2747

NMR spectroscopy of the ring nitrogen protons of uracil and substituted uracils; relevance to Aψ base pairing in the solution structure of transfer RNA

R E Hurd 1, BR Reid 1
PMCID: PMC342605  PMID: 907730

Abstract

The chemical shifts of the well-resolved ring nitrogen protons of uracil and a series of substituted uracils, including pseudouridine (5-ribosyl-uracil) and uridine (1-ribosyl-uracil) were determined using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The observed chemical shifts suggest the existence of an atypical syn conformation for pseudouridine in the Aψ base pair in regulatory tRNAs in solution.

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