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On the Metal-Aided Catalytic Mechanism for Phosphodiester Bond Cleavage Performed by Nanozymes.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have shown that gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) functionalized with Zn(II) complexes can cleave phosphate esters and nucleic acids. Remarkably, such synthetic nanonucleases appear to catalyze metal (Zn)-aided hydrolytic reactions of nucleic acids similar to metallonuclease enzymes. To clarify the reaction mechanism of these nanocatalysts, here we have comparatively analyzed two nanonucleases with a >10-fold difference in the catalytic efficiency for the hydrolysis of the 2-hydroxypropyl-4-nitrophenylphosphate (HPNP, a typical RNA model substrate). We have used microsecond-long atomistic simulations, integrated with NMR experiments, to investigate the structure and dynamics of the outer coating monolayer of these nanoparticles, either alone or in complex with HPNP, in solution. We show that the most efficient one is characterized by coating ligands that promote a well-organized monolayer structure, with the formation of solvated bimetallic catalytic sites. Importantly, we have found that these nanoparticles can mimic two-metal-ion enzymes for nucleic acid processing, with Zn ions that promote HPNP binding at the reaction center. Thus, the two-metal-ion-aided hydrolytic strategy of such nanonucleases helps in explaining their catalytic efficiency for substrate hydrolysis, in accordance with the experimental evidence. These mechanistic insights reinforce the parallelism between such functionalized AuNPs and proteins toward the rational design of more efficient catalysts.

SUBMITTER: Pecina A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8397296 | biostudies-literature |

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