Analysis of N-glycosyl bond length in crystal structures of nucleosides and nucleotides.
A relationship was found between the N-glycosyl bond length in beta-nucleosides and nucleotides and the spatial relationship of this bond with respect to the lone-pair orbitals on the furanose ring oxygen. This relationship may be relevant to the geometry involved in the hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond.
D003460:Crystallization; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009705:Nucleosides / Q000032:analysis*; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis*
D009705:Nucleosides; D009711:Nucleotides