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Are the Hydrogen Bonds of RNA (A⋅U) Stronger Than those of DNA (A⋅T)? A Quantum Mechanics Study by Alberto Pérez; Jiri Sponer; Petr Jurecka; Pavel Hobza; F. Javier Luque; Modesto Orozco is a Chemistry article available to read on EtoBox.
## Abstract The intrinsic stability of Watson–Crick d(A⋅T) and r(A⋅U) hydrogen bonds was analyzed by employing a variety of quantum‐mechanical techniques, such as energy calculations, determination of reactivity indexes, and analysis of electron density topology. The analyses were performed not only for equilibrium gas‐phase geometries, but also on hundreds of conformations derived from molecular dynamics (MD) and database analysis. None of our results support the idea that r(A⋅U) hydrogen bonds are intrinsically more stable than those of d(A⋅T). Instead, our data are in accordance with the traditional view that the greater stability of RNA relative to DNA is attributable to a variety of effects (e.g., stacking, sugar puckering, solvation) rather than to a significant difference in the hydrogen bonding of DNA and RNA base pairs.
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- Author
- Alberto Pérez; Jiri Sponer; Petr Jurecka; Pavel Hobza; F. Javier Luque; Modesto Orozco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Wiley (ISSN 0947-6539)
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Chemistry (Physical Sciences)