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.

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