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#Question id: 27314


A feature of RNA that adds to its propensity to form double-helical structures is additional non-Watson–Crick base pairs. One such example is the G:U base pair, which has

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  1. hydrogen bonds between N1 of uracil and the carbonyl on C6 of guanine, and between the carbonyl on C2 of uracil and N1 of guanine.

  2.  hydrogen bonds between N3 of uracil and the carbonyl on C6 of guanine, and between the carbonyl on C6 of uracil and N7 of guanine. 
  3. hydrogen bonds between N3 of uracil and the carbonyl on C6 of guanine, and between the carbonyl on C2 of uracil and N1 of guanine.
  4. hydrogen bonds between N3 of uracil and the carbonyl on C6 of guanine, and between the carbonyl on C2 of uracil and N7 of guanine.