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Storoniak P, Rak J, Wang H, Ko YJ, Bowen KH. Electrophilic Properties of 2'-Deoxyadenosine···Thymine Dimer: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and DFT Studies. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6591-6599. [PMID: 34310156 PMCID: PMC8389985 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The anion radical of the 2'-deoxyadenosine···thymine (dAT•-) pair has been investigated experimentally and theoretically in the gas phase. By employing negative-ion photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), we have registered a spectrum typical for the valence-bound anion, featuring a broad peak at the electron-binding energy (EBE) between ∼1.5 and 2.2 eV with the maximum at ∼1.9 eV. The measured value of the adiabatic electron affinity (AEA) for dAT was estimated to be ∼1.1 eV. Calculations performed at the M06-2X/6-31++G(d,p) level revealed that the structure, where thymine is coordinated to the sugar of dA by two hydrogen bonds, is responsible for the observed PES signal. The AEAG and the vertical detachment energy of 0.91 and 1.68 eV, respectively, calculated for this structure reproduce the experimental values well. The role of the possible proton transfer in the stabilization of anionic radical complexes is discussed.
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- Piotr Storoniak
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, Gdańsk 80-308, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Hydrogen bonds play a critical role in nucleobase studies as they encode genes, map protein structures, provide stability to the base pairs, and are involved in spontaneous and induced mutations. Proton transfer mechanism is a critical phenomenon that is related to the acid-base characteristics of the nucleobases in Watson-Crick base pairs. The energetic and dynamical behavior of the proton can be depicted from these characteristics and their adjustment to the water molecules or the surrounding ions. Further, new pathways open up in which protonated nucleobases are generated by proton transfer from the ionized water molecules and elimination of a hydroxyl radical in this review, the analysis will be focused on understanding the mechanism of untargeted mutations in canonical, wobble, Hoogsteen pairs, and mutagenic tautomers through the non-covalent interactions. Further, rare tautomer formation through the single proton transfer (SPT) and the double proton transfer (DPT), quantum tunneling in nucleobases, radiation-induced bystander effects, role of water in proton transfer (PT) reactions, PT in anticancer drugs-DNA interaction, displacement and oriental polarization, possible models for mutations in DNA, genome instability, and role of proton transfer using kinetic parameters for RNA will be discussed.
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Wang W, Marshall M, Collins E, Marquez S, Mu C, Bowen KH, Zhang X. Intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer and its correlation with excited-state intramolecular proton transfer. Nat Commun 2019; 10:1170. [PMID: 30862822 PMCID: PMC6414547 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09154-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Electron-induced proton transfer depicts the proton motion coupled with the attachment of a low-energy electron to a molecule, which helps to understand copious fundamental chemical processes. Intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer is a similar process that occurs within a single molecule. To date, there is only one known intramolecular example, to the best of our knowledge. By studying the 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline and 8-hydroxyquinoline molecules using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory, and by theoretical screening of six other molecules, here we show the intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer capability of a long list of molecules that meanwhile have the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer property. Careful examination of the intrinsic electronic signatures of these molecules reveals that these two distinct processes should occur to the same category of molecules. Intramolecular electron-induced proton transfer could have potential applications such as molecular devices that are responsive to electrons or current.
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- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.
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Wang Y, Zhang X, Lyapustina S, Nilles MM, Xu S, Graham JD, Bowen KH, Kelly JT, Tschumper GS, Hammer NI. The onset of electron-induced proton-transfer in hydrated azabenzene cluster anions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:704-12. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02746b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The prospect that protons from water may be transferred to N-heterocyclic molecules due to the presence of an excess electron is studied in hydrated azabenzene cluster anions using spectroscopy and computational chemistry.
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- Yi Wang
- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Mississippi
- University
- USA
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Storoniak P, Rak J, Ko YJ, Wang H, Bowen KH. Photoelectron spectroscopic and density functional theoretical studies of the 2′-deoxycytidine homodimer radical anion. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:075101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4817779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hsu SCN, Wang TP, Kao CL, Chen HF, Yang PY, Chen HY. Theoretical Study of the Protonation of the One-Electron-Reduced Guanine–Cytosine Base Pair by Water. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:2096-105. [DOI: 10.1021/jp400299v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Sodio C. N. Hsu
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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Ko YJ, Storoniak P, Wang H, Bowen KH, Rak J. Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory studies on the uridine homodimer radical anions. J Chem Phys 2012. [PMID: 23206036 DOI: 10.1063/1.4767053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We report the photoelectron spectrum (PES) of the homogeneous dimer anion radical of uridine, (rU)(2)(●-). It features a broad band consisting of an onset of ∼1.2 eV and a maximum at the electron binding energy (EBE) ranging from 2.0 to 2.5 eV. Calculations performed at the B3LYP∕6-31++G∗∗ level of theory suggest that the PES is dominated by dimeric radical anions in which one uridine nucleoside, hosting the excess charge on the base moiety, forms hydrogen bonds via its O8 atom with hydroxyl of the other neutral nucleoside's ribose. The calculated adiabatic electron affinities (AEAGs) and vertical detachment energies (VDEs) of the most stable homodimers show an excellent agreement with the experimental values. The anionic complexes consisting of two intermolecular uracil-uracil hydrogen bonds appeared to be substantially less stable than the uracil-ribose dimers. Despite the fact that uracil-uracil anionic homodimers are additionally stabilized by barrier-free electron-induced proton transfer, their relative thermodynamic stabilities and the calculated VDEs suggest that they do not contribute to the experimental PES spectrum of (rU)(2)(●-).
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- Yeon Jae Ko
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Storoniak P, Rak J, Ko YJ, Wang H, Bowen KH. Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Computational Modeling of Thymidine Homodimer Anions. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:13975-81. [DOI: 10.1021/jp307570p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Piotr Storoniak
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952
Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952
Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, Maryland 21218,
United States
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Lin Y, Wang H, Gao S, Li R, Schaefer HF. Hydrogen-Bonded Double-Proton Transfer in Five Guanine–Cytosine Base Pairs after Hydrogen Atom Addition. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:8908-15. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3048746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yuexia Lin
- School of
Physical Science and
Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
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- School of
Physical Science and
Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
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- School of
Physical Science and
Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
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- School of
Physical Science and
Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P. R. China
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- Center for Computational Quantum
Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 30602, United States
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Gu J, Leszczynski J, Schaefer HF. Interactions of electrons with bare and hydrated biomolecules: from nucleic acid bases to DNA segments. Chem Rev 2012; 112:5603-40. [PMID: 22694487 DOI: 10.1021/cr3000219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jiande Gu
- Drug Design & Discovery Center, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, CAS, PR China.
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Chen HY, Yeh SW, Hsu SCN, Kao CL, Dong TY. Effect of nucleobase sequence on the proton-transfer reaction and stability of the guanine–cytosine base pair radical anion. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:2674-81. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01419b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kumar A, Sevilla MD. Proton-coupled electron transfer in DNA on formation of radiation-produced ion radicals. Chem Rev 2010; 110:7002-23. [PMID: 20443634 PMCID: PMC2947616 DOI: 10.1021/cr100023g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Anil Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309
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Kim S, Schaefer HF. Vertical detachment energies of anionic thymidine: Microhydration effects. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:144305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3488105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ko YJ, Wang H, Radisic D, Stokes ST, Eustis SN, Bowen KH, Mazurkiewicz K, Storoniak P, Kowalczyk A, Haranczyk M, Gutowski M, Rak J. Barrier-free proton transfer induced by electron attachment to the complexes between 1‐methylcytosine and formic acid. Mol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.515623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Yeon Jae Ko
- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- a Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , MD 21218 , USA
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Gdańsk , Sobieskiego 18 , 80-952 Gdańsk , Poland
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Gdańsk , Sobieskiego 18 , 80-952 Gdańsk , Poland
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Gdańsk , Sobieskiego 18 , 80-952 Gdańsk , Poland
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- c Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , CA 94720 , USA
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- d Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciencs, Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh EH14 4AS , UK
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Gdańsk , Sobieskiego 18 , 80-952 Gdańsk , Poland
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Storoniak P, Mazurkiewicz K, Haranczyk M, Gutowski M, Rak J, Eustis SN, Ko YJ, Wang H, Bowen KH. The Anionic (9-Methyladenine)−(1-Methylthymine) Base Pair Solvated by Formic Acid. A Computational and Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:11353-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jp104668h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Piotr Storoniak
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Mail Stop 50F-1650, Berkeley, California 94720-8139, Chemistry-School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, U.K., and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Chen HY, Hsu SCN, Kao CL. Microhydration of 9-methylguanine:1-methylcytosinebase pair and its radical anion: a density functional theory study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:1253-63. [DOI: 10.1039/b920603e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chen HY, Young PY, Hsu SCN. Theoretical evidence of barrier-free proton transfer in 7-azaindole-water cluster anions. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:165101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3120604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kobyłecka M, Leszczynski J, Rak J. Valence anion of thymine in the DNA pi-stack. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:15683-7. [PMID: 18954049 DOI: 10.1021/ja806251h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Most of theoretical data on the stability of radical anions supported by nucleic acid bases have been obtained for anions of isolated nucleobases, their nucleosides, or nucleotides. This approach ignores the hallmark forces of DNA, namely, hydrogen bonding and pi-stacking interactions. Since these interactions might be crucial for the electron affinities of nucleobases bound in DNA, we report for the first time on the stability of the thymine valence anion in trimers of complementary bases possessing the regular B-DNA geometry but differing in base sequence. In order to estimate the energetics of electron attachment to a trimer, we developed a thermodynamic cycle employing all possible two-body interaction energies in the neutral and anionic duplex as well as the adiabatic electron affinity of isolated thymine. All calculations were carried out at the MP2 level of theory with the aug-cc-pVDZ basis set. The two-body interaction energies were corrected for the basis set superposition error, and in benchmark systems, they were extrapolated to the basis set limit and supplemented with correction for higher order correlation terms calculated at the CCSD(T) level. We have demonstrated that the sequence of nucleic bases has a profound effect on the stability of the thymine valence anion: the anionic 5'-CTC-3' (6.0 kcal/mol) sequence is the most stable configuration, and the 5'-GTG-3' (-8.0 kcal/mol) trimer anion is the most unstable species. On the basis of obtained results, one can propose DNA sequences that are different in their vulnerability to damage by low energy electron.
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- Monika Kobyłecka
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Kobyłecka M, Gu J, Rak J, Leszczynski J. Barrier-free proton transfer in the valence anion of 2'-deoxyadenosine-5'-monophosphate. II. A computational study. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:044315. [PMID: 18247957 DOI: 10.1063/1.2823002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The propensity of four representative conformations of 2(')-deoxyadenosine-5(')-monophosphate (5(')-dAMPH) to bind an excess electron has been studied at the B3LYP6-31++G(d,p) level. While isolated canonical adenine does not support stable valence anions in the gas phase, all considered neutral conformations of 5(')-dAMPH form adiabatically stable anions. The type of an anionic 5(')-dAMPH state, i.e., the valence, dipole bound, or mixed (valence/dipole bound), depends on the internal hydrogen bond(s) pattern exhibited by a particular tautomer. The most stable anion results from an electron attachment to the neutral syn-south conformer. The formation of this anion is associated with a barrier-free proton transfer triggered by electron attachment and the internal rotation around the C4(')-C5(') bond. The adiabatic electron affinity of the a_south-syn anion is 1.19 eV, while its vertical detachment energy is 1.89 eV. Our results are compared with the photoelectron spectrum (PES) of 5(')-dAMPH(-) measured recently by Stokes et al., [J. Chem. Phys. 128, 044314 (2008)]. The computational VDE obtained for the most stable anionic structure matches well with the experimental electron binding energy region of maximum intensity. A further understanding of DNA damage might require experimental and computational studies on the systems in which purine nucleotides are engaged in hydrogen bonding.
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- Monika Kobyłecka
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-952 Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, Poland
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