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A theoretical thermochemical study of solute-solvent dielectric effects in the displacement of codon-anticodon base pairs      
Yazarlar
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatemeh MOLLAAMIN Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatemeh MOLLAAMIN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Quantum-chemical solvent effect theories describe the electronic structure of a molecular subsystem embedded in a solvent or other molecular environment. The solvation of biomolecules is important in molecular biology, since numerous processes involve proteins interacting in changing solvent-solute systems. In this theoretical study, we focus on mRNA-tRNA base pairs as a fundamental step in protein synthesis influenced by hydrogen bonding between two antiparallel trinucleotides, namely, the mRNA codon and tRNA anticodon. We use the mean reaction field theories, which describe electrostatic and polarization interactions between solute and solvent in the AAA, UUU, AAG, and UUC triplex sequences optimized in various solvent media such as water, dimethylsulfoxide, methanol, ethanol, and cyclopean using the self-consistent reaction field model. This process depends on either the reaction potential function of the solvent or charge transfer operators that appear in solute-solvent interaction. Because of codon and anticodon biological criteria, we performed nonempirical quantum-mechanical calculations at the BLYP and B3LYP/3-21G, 6-31G, and 6-31G*levels of theory in the gas phase and five solvents at three temperatures. Finally, to obtain more information, we calculated thermochemical parameters to find that the dielectric constant of solvents plays an important role in the displacement of amino acid sequences on codon-anticodon residues in proteins, which can cause some mutations in humans. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2008.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Dergi ISSN 0036-0244
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2008
Cilt No 82
Sayı 13
Sayfalar 2277 / 2285
Doi Numarası 10.1134/S0036024408130207
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0036024408130207