A new vision of the DNA triple-helix: structural, spectroscopic and electronic parameters for hydrogen bonding for Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen pairing

A new vision of the DNA triple-helix: structural, spectroscopic and electronic parameters for hydrogen bonding for Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen pairing

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2020v41n1p59

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DNA. Triple-helix. Hydrogen bond.

Abstract

Through the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) calculations, the intermolecular structures of double and triple DNA helix formed by Thymine (T) Adenine (A) were fully optimized. Based on analysis of structural parameters, vibrational modes and infrared absorption intensities, specific hydrogen bonds on the scaffolds of the purine and pyrimidine were identified. On behalf of charge transfer criterion between the HOMO and LUMO frontier orbitals of the proton receptor and donor respectively, the application of the NBO and ChElPG protocols have provided unsatisfactory results. Meanwhile, all hydrogen bonds were characterized through the QTAIM descriptors, by which new intermolecular profiles have been pointed out to both of double (TA) and (TAT) triple-DNA helix.

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Danilo Rego, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia

Prof. Me., Center for Exact Sciences and Technologies, Federal University of Western Bahia, Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil 

Boaz Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia

PhD in Chemistry from the Federal University of Paraíba and Post-Doctorate from the Federal University of Pernambuco. Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia

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Rego, D., & Oliveira, B. (2020). A new vision of the DNA triple-helix: structural, spectroscopic and electronic parameters for hydrogen bonding for Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen pairing. Semina: Ciências Exatas E Tecnológicas, 41(1), 59–70. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2020v41n1p59

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