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Muthachikavil AV, Sun G, Peng B, Tanaka H, Kontogeorgis GM, Liang X. Unraveling thermodynamic anomalies of water: A molecular simulation approach to probe the two-state theory with atomistic and coarse-grained water models. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:154505. [PMID: 38624123 DOI: 10.1063/5.0194036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Thermodynamic and dynamic anomalies of water play a crucial role in supporting life on our planet. The two-state theory attributes these anomalies to a dynamic equilibrium between locally favored tetrahedral structures (LFTSs) and disordered normal liquid structures. This theory provides a straightforward, phenomenological explanation for water's unique thermodynamic and dynamic characteristics. To validate this two-state feature, it is critical to unequivocally identify these structural motifs in a dynamically fluctuating disordered liquid. In this study, we employ a recently introduced structural parameter (θavg) that characterizes the local angular order within the first coordination shell to identify these LFTSs through molecular dynamics simulations. We employ both realistic water models with a liquid-liquid critical point (LLCP) and a coarse-grained water model without an LLCP to study water's anomalies in low-pressure regions below 2 kbar. The two-state theory consistently describes water's thermodynamic anomalies in these models, both with and without an LLCP. This suggests that the anomalies predominantly result from the two-state features rather than criticality, particularly within experimentally accessible temperature-pressure regions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aswin V Muthachikavil
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 229, Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Center for Advanced Quantum Studies, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
- Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 229, Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 229, Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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Zielinski KA, Sui S, Pabit SA, Rivera DA, Wang T, Hu Q, Kashipathy MM, Lisova S, Schaffer CB, Mariani V, Hunter MS, Kupitz C, Moss FR, Poitevin FP, Grant TD, Pollack L. RNA structures and dynamics with Å resolution revealed by x-ray free-electron lasers. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadj3509. [PMID: 37756398 PMCID: PMC10530093 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj3509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
RNA macromolecules, like proteins, fold to assume shapes that are intimately connected to their broadly recognized biological functions; however, because of their high charge and dynamic nature, RNA structures are far more challenging to determine. We introduce an approach that exploits the high brilliance of x-ray free-electron laser sources to reveal the formation and ready identification of angstrom-scale features in structured and unstructured RNAs. Previously unrecognized structural signatures of RNA secondary and tertiary structures are identified through wide-angle solution scattering experiments. With millisecond time resolution, we observe an RNA fold from a dynamically varying single strand through a base-paired intermediate to assume a triple-helix conformation. While the backbone orchestrates the folding, the final structure is locked in by base stacking. This method may help to rapidly characterize and identify structural elements in nucleic acids in both equilibrium and time-resolved experiments.
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- Kara A. Zielinski
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Zielinski KA, Sui S, Pabit SA, Rivera DA, Wang T, Hu Q, Kashipathy MM, Lisova S, Schaffer CB, Mariani V, Hunter MS, Kupitz C, Moss FR, Poitevin FP, Grant TD, Pollack L. RNA structures and dynamics with Å resolution revealed by x-ray free electron lasers. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.24.541763. [PMID: 37292849 PMCID: PMC10245879 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.24.541763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
RNA macromolecules, like proteins, fold to assume shapes that are intimately connected to their broadly recognized biological functions; however, because of their high charge and dynamic nature, RNA structures are far more challenging to determine. We introduce an approach that exploits the high brilliance of x-ray free electron laser sources to reveal the formation and ready identification of Å scale features in structured and unstructured RNAs. New structural signatures of RNA secondary and tertiary structures are identified through wide angle solution scattering experiments. With millisecond time resolution, we observe an RNA fold from a dynamically varying single strand through a base paired intermediate to assume a triple helix conformation. While the backbone orchestrates the folding, the final structure is locked in by base stacking. In addition to understanding how RNA triplexes form and thereby function as dynamic signaling elements, this new method can vastly increase the rate of structure determination for these biologically essential, but mostly uncharacterized macromolecules.
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- Kara A. Zielinski
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biological Sciences; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203 USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University; Ithaca NY 14853 USA
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Malik R, Chandra A, Das B, Chandra A. Temperature Dependence of Non-Condon Effects in Two-Dimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of Water. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:2488-2498. [PMID: 36893383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Non-Condon effects in vibrational spectroscopy refers to the dependence of a molecule's vibrational transition dipole and polarizability on the coordinates of the surrounding environment. Earlier studies have shown that such effects can be pronounced for hydrogen-bonded systems like liquid water. Here, we present a theoretical study of two-dimensional vibrational spectroscopy under the non-Condon and Condon approximations at varying temperatures. We have performed calculations of both two-dimensional infrared and two-dimensional vibrational Raman spectra to gain insights into the temperature dependence of non-Condon effects in nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy. The two-dimensional spectra are calculated for the OH vibration of interest in the isotopic dilution limit where the coupling between the oscillators is ignored. Generally, both the infrared and Raman line shapes undergo red shifts with decrease in temperature due to strengthening of hydrogen bonds and decrease in the fraction of OH modes with weaker or no hydrogen bonds. The infrared line shape is further red-shifted under the non-Condon effects at a given temperature, while the Raman line shape does not show any such red shift due to non-Condon effects. The spectral dynamics becomes slower on decrease of temperature due to slower hydrogen bond relaxation and, for a given temperature, the spectral diffusion occurs at a faster rate upon inclusion of non-Condon effects. The time scales of spectral diffusion extracted from different metrics agree well with each other and also with experiments. The changes in the spectrum due to non-Condon effects are found to be more significant at lower temperatures.
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- Ravi Malik
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Rosu-Finsen A, Davies MB, Amon A, Wu H, Sella A, Michaelides A, Salzmann CG. Medium-density amorphous ice. Science 2023; 379:474-478. [PMID: 36730416 DOI: 10.1126/science.abq2105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Amorphous ices govern a range of cosmological processes and are potentially key materials for explaining the anomalies of liquid water. A substantial density gap between low-density and high-density amorphous ice with liquid water in the middle is a cornerstone of our current understanding of water. However, we show that ball milling "ordinary" ice Ih at low temperature gives a structurally distinct medium-density amorphous ice (MDA) within this density gap. These results raise the possibility that MDA is the true glassy state of liquid water or alternatively a heavily sheared crystalline state. Notably, the compression of MDA at low temperature leads to a sharp increase of its recrystallization enthalpy, highlighting that H2O can be a high-energy geophysical material.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.,Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.,Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Kwan V, Maiti SR, Saika-Voivod I, Consta S. Salt Enrichment and Dynamics in the Interface of Supercooled Aqueous Droplets. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:11148-11158. [PMID: 35715222 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The interconversion reaction of NaCl between the contact-ion pair (CIP) and the solvent-separated ion pair (SSIP) as well as the free-ion state in cold droplets has not yet been investigated. We report direct computational evidence that the lower is the temperature, the closer to the surface the ion interconversion reaction takes place. In supercooled droplets the enrichment of the subsurface in salt becomes more evident. The stability of the SSIP relative to the CIP increases as the ion-pairing is transferred toward the droplet's outer layers. In the free-ion state, where the ions diffuse independently in the solution, the number density of Cl- shows a broad maximum in the interior in addition to the well-known maximum in the surface. In the study of the reaction dynamics, we find a weak coupling between the interionic NaCl distance reaction coordinate and the solvent degrees of freedom, which contrasts with the diffusive crossing of the free energy barrier found in bulk solution modeling. The H2O self-diffusion coefficient is found to be at least an order of magnitude larger than that in the bulk solution. We propose to exploit the enhanced surface ion concentration at low temperature to eliminate salts from droplets in native mass spectrometry ionization methods.
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- Victor Kwan
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's A1B 3X7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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