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Ferapontova EE. Electron Transfer in DNA at Electrified Interfaces. Chem Asian J 2019; 14:3773-3781. [PMID: 31545875 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Revised: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The ability of the DNA double helix to transport electrons underlies many life-centered biological processes and bio-electronic applications. However, there is little consensus on how efficiently the base pair π-stacks of DNA mediate electron transport. This minireview scrutinizes the current state-of-the-art knowledge on electron transfer (ET) properties of DNA and its long-range ability to transfer (mediate) electrical signals at electrified interfaces, without being oxidized or reduced. Complex changes an electric field induces in the DNA structure and its electronic properties govern the efficiency of DNA-mediated ET at electrodes and allow addressing the existing phenomenological riddles, while recently discovered rectifying properties of DNA contribute both to our understanding of DNA's ET in living systems and to advances in molecular bioelectronics.
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- Elena E Ferapontova
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 1590-14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Miro P, Gomez-Mendoza M, Sastre G, Cuquerella MC, Miranda MA, Marin ML. Generation of the Thymine Triplet State by Through-Bond Energy Transfer. Chemistry 2019; 25:7004-7011. [PMID: 30920069 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201900830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Benzophenone (BP) and drugs containing the BP chromophore, such as the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ketoprofen, have been widely reported as DNA photosensitizers through triplet-triplet energy transfer (TTET). In the present work, a direct spectroscopic fingerprint for the formation of the thymine triplet (3 Thy*) by through-bond (TB) TTET from 3 BP* has been uncovered. This has been achieved in two new systems that have been designed and synthesized with one BP and one thymine (Thy) covalently linked to the two ends of the rigid skeleton of the natural bile acids cholic and lithocholic acid. The results shown here prove that it is possible to achieve triplet energy transfer to a Thy unit even when the photosensitizer is at a long (nonbonding) distance.
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- Paula Miro
- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
- Present address: Photoactivated Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Avda Ramon de la Sagra 3, 28935 Mostoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior, de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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Woźniak AP, Leś A, Adamowicz L. Theoretical modeling of DNA electron hole transport through polypyrimidine sequences: a QM/MM study. J Mol Model 2019; 25:97. [PMID: 30874898 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-019-3976-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The phenomenon of DNA hole transport (HT) has attracted of scientists for several decades, mainly due to its potential application in molecular electronics. As electron holes mostly localize on purine bases in DNA, the majority of scientific effort has been invested into chemically modifying the structures of adenine and guanine in order to increase their HT-mediating properties. In this work we examine an alternative, never yet explored, way of affecting the HT efficiency by forcing electron holes to localize on pyrimidine bases and move between them. Using an enhanced and revised version of our previously developed QM/MM model, we perform simulations of HT through polyadenine, polycytosine, polyguanine, and polythymine stacks according to a multistep hopping mechanism. From these simulations, kinetic parameters for HT are obtained. The results indicate a particularly high efficiency of cytosine→cytosine hopping, which is about ten times higher than the G → G hopping. We also discuss possible improvement of cytosine HT by modifying the oxidoreductive properties of complementary guanine residues.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland
- Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Rydygiera 8, 01-793, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 E. University Blvd., Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
- Interdisciplinary Center for Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wileńska 4, 87-100, Toruń, Poland.
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Kékedy-Nagy L, Ferapontova EE. Sequence-Specific Electron Transfer Mediated by DNA Duplexes Attached to Gold through the Alkanethiol Linker. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:10077-10085. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- László Kékedy-Nagy
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 1590-14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 1590-14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Ma Z, Lin Z, Lawrence CM, Rubtsov IV, Antoniou P, Skourtis SS, Zhang P, Beratan DN. How can infra-red excitation both accelerate and slow charge transfer in the same molecule? Chem Sci 2018; 9:6395-6405. [PMID: 30310568 PMCID: PMC6115705 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00092a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A UV-IR-Vis 3-pulse study of infra-red induced changes to electron transfer (ET) rates in a donor-bridge-acceptor species finds that charge-separation rates are slowed, while charge-recombination rates are accelerated as a result of IR excitation during the reaction. We explore the underpinning mechanisms for this behavior, studying IR-induced changes to the donor-acceptor coupling, to the validity of the Condon approximation, and to the reaction coordinate distribution. We find that the dominant IR-induced rate effects in the species studied arise from changes to the density of states in the Marcus curve crossing region. That is, IR perturbation changes the probability of accessing the activated complex for the ET reactions. IR excitation diminishes the population of the activated complex for forward (activationless) ET, thus slowing the rate. However, IR excitation increases the population of the activated complex for (highly activated) charge recombination ET, thus accelerating the charge recombination rate.
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- Zheng Ma
- Department of Chemistry , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Xavier University of Louisiana , New Orleans , Louisiana 70125 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Tulane University , New Orleans , Louisiana 70118 , USA
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- Department of Physics , University of Cyprus , Nicosia 1678 , Cyprus
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- Department of Chemistry , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , USA.,Department of Physics , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27708 , USA.,Department of Biochemistry , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina 27710 , USA
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Fujitsuka M, Majima T. Charge transfer dynamics in DNA revealed by time-resolved spectroscopy. Chem Sci 2017; 8:1752-1762. [PMID: 28451299 PMCID: PMC5396511 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03428d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In the past few decades, charge transfer in DNA has attracted considerable attention from researchers in a wide variety of fields, including bioscience, physical chemistry, and nanotechnology. Charge transfer in DNA has been investigated using various techniques. Among them, time-resolved spectroscopic methods have yielded valuable information on charge transfer dynamics in DNA, providing an important basis for numerical practical applications such as development of new therapy applications and nanomaterials. In DNA, holes and excess electrons act as positive and negative charge carriers, respectively. Although hole transfer dynamics have been investigated in detail, the dynamics of excess electron transfer have only become clearer relatively recently. In the present paper, we summarize studies on the dynamics of hole and excess electron transfer conducted by several groups including our own.
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- Mamoru Fujitsuka
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN) , Osaka University , Mihogaoka 8-1 , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan . ;
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN) , Osaka University , Mihogaoka 8-1 , Ibaraki , Osaka 567-0047 , Japan . ;
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Lin SH, Fujitsuka M, Majima T. Sequence-Dependent Photocurrent Generation through Long-Distance Excess-Electron Transfer in DNA. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:8715-7. [PMID: 27243800 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Given its well-ordered continuous π stacking of nucleobases, DNA has been considered as a biomaterial for charge transfer in biosensors. For cathodic photocurrent generation resulting from hole transfer in DNA, sensitivity to DNA structure and base-pair stacking has been confirmed. However, such information has not been provided for anodic photocurrent generation resulting from excess-electron transfer in DNA. In the present study, we measured the anodic photocurrent of a DNA-modified Au electrode. Our results demonstrate long-distance excess-electron transfer in DNA, which is dominated by a hopping mechanism, and the photocurrent generation is sequence dependent.
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- Shih-Hsun Lin
- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan.
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- The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan.
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Sequence-Dependent Photocurrent Generation through Long-Distance Excess-Electron Transfer in DNA. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201602850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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