What positions in the ring of a purine nucleotide in DNA have the potential to form hydrogen bonds but are not involed in watson-crick base pairing?

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19 October, 05:42

What positions in the ring of a purine nucleotide in DNA have the potential to form hydrogen bonds but are not involed in watson-crick base pairing?

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Kiara Bolton · Answer 1

N-1

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All nitrogen positions in purine rings (N-1, N-3, N-7 and N-9) have the potential to form hydrogen bonds. Among them, only N-1 is involved in Watson-Crick base pairing hydrogen bond with a pyridimine. N-3 and N-7 are available to form further hydrogen bonds and N-9 is involved in a N-glycosyl linkage with a desoxyribose.