title: Another method for specifying furanose ring puckering.
abstract: A set of pseudorotation coordinates is proposed for characterizing the puckering of the furanose ring. These are defined from the curvilinear displacements of the C1' and C4' atoms from the planar conformation. The present coordinates have some practical advantages over the ones currently used.
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005663:Furans; D008433:Mathematics; D008961:Models, Structural; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010429:Pentoses
chemical_list: D005663:Furans; D010429:Pentoses