Landolt-Brnstein Group VII
: Biophysics
Volume 1 
Nucleic Acids Subvolume A
Crystallographic and Structural Data I

1
Nomenclature, definitions and geometry of basic structure elements (W. SAENGER) 1 
1.1

Abbreviations and symbols 1 
1.2

Description of conformation 6 
1.3

Geometry of helices 14 
1.4

Geometry of bases, sugars, and phosphate groups 18 
1.5

References for 1 21 
2
Structures of nucleic acids and their constituents 22 
2.1

Crystal structures of bases, nucleosides, and nucleotides 22 
2.1.1

Introduction 22 
2.1.1.1

General remarks 22 
2.1.1.2

Experimental procedures 22 
2.1.1.3

Summary of data compilation 22 
2.1.1.4

Nucleoside and nucleotide conformation 23 
2.1.1.5

Analog structures 31 
2.1.2

Data 33 
2.1.2.1

Overview 33 
2.1.2.2

Base crystal structures 35 
2.1.2.3

Nucleoside crystal structures 134 
2.1.2.4

Mononucleotide crystal structures 183 
2.1.2.5

Di-(tri-) nucleotide crystal structures 205 
2.1.2.6

Conformational angles for nucleoside crystal structures 211 
2.1.2.7

Conformational angles for mononucleotide crystal structures 221 
2.1.2.8

Conformational angles for di-(tri-) nucleotide crystal structures 227 
2.1.3

References for 2.1 231 
2.2

Crystal structures of oligonucleotides (O. KENNARD, W.N. HUNTER) 255 
2.2.1

Introduction 255 
2.2.2

Data 262 
2.2.2.1

Experimental details 262 
2.2.2.2

Average helical (or global) parameters 264 
2.2.2.3

Hydration 265 
2.2.2.4

Local parameters 267 
2.2.3

References for 2.2 359 



Title Page, Contributors, Preface, Errata 
(M.
 SUNDARALINGAM, T.P. HAROMY)

