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Theoretical Studies of the Abnormal Hydrogen-bond Interactions between O6-Methylguanine and O4-Methylthymine and DNA Bases

  • LIN Xue-Fei ,
  • SUN Cheng-Ke ,
  • YANG Si-Ya ,
  • YU Shi-Wen ,
  • YAO Li-Feng ,
  • CHEN Yi-Shan
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  • (School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Yunnan 655000)

Received date: 2011-06-17

  Revised date: 2011-10-20

  Online published: 2011-11-01

Abstract

The geometries of abnormal Watson-Crick hydrogen-bond dimers between cis/trans- O6-methylguanine and cis/trans-O4-methylthymine and DNA bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine) have been optimized at the B3LYP/6-311+G** level. The complete basis-set extrapolation method was employed at the MP2/cc-pVXZ (X=D, T)//B3LYP/6-311+G** levels in order to obtain more accurate interaction energies. Counterpoise correction (CP) scheme was also used to take into account of basis set superposition error (BSSE). The all-electron wave functions of these dimers were calculated at the B3LYP/ 6-311+G** level, and the weak interactions were analyzed by atoms in molecules (AIM) theory. The calculation results show that the methylation of O6-guanine and O4-thymine can lead to changes of hydrogen-bond interactions between DNA base-pairs, which results in propeller torsions and various displacements between base pairs. The obvious decreases in interaction energies and electron densities between base-pairs is attributed to the methylation on O6-guanine and O4-thymine. Furthermore, the methylation of O6-guanine and O4-thymine destabilize the hydrogen-bond interactions of DNA base-pairs, and compared with anti conformations, the destabilization effect of the methylation on cis DNA base-pairs is more evident. Our calculation results are basically in agreement with the experiments.

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LIN Xue-Fei , SUN Cheng-Ke , YANG Si-Ya , YU Shi-Wen , YAO Li-Feng , CHEN Yi-Shan . Theoretical Studies of the Abnormal Hydrogen-bond Interactions between O6-Methylguanine and O4-Methylthymine and DNA Bases[J]. Acta Chimica Sinica, 2011 , 69(23) : 2787 -2795 . DOI: 10.6023/A1106172

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