 
 
The Base Pair Directory
| AU base pairs with two standard hydrogen bonds | 
| base | potential H-bond donor/acceptor sites | 
  
  
| adenine A  | A(da3) N6-H... C6 N1... | A(da4) N6-H... C6 C5 N7... | 
  
  
| uracil U  | U(1da3) O4... C4 N3-H... | U(2da3) N3-H... C2 O2... | 
| AU base pairs with 4 heavy-atom H-bond donor/acceptor sites | 
| base pair H-bond motif | structure images | 
| U(1da3)...A(da3) 
            UA reverse Watson-Crick  O2...H-N6 C2 C6 N3-H...N1 |  | 
| U(1da3)...A(da4) UA reverse Hoogsteen O2...H-N6 C2 C6 C5 N3-H...N7 | |
| U(2da3)...A(da3) UA Watson-Crick O4...H-N6 C4 C6 N3-H...N1 |  PDF | VRML | 
| U(2da3)...A(da4) UA Hoogsteen O4...H-N6 C4 C6 C5 N3-H...N7 | 
| There are no possible AU base pairs with 3 heavy-atom H-bond donor/acceptor sites |