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Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Modulate the B- to A-DNA Transition.


ABSTRACT: We study the conformational equilibrium between B-to-A forms of ds-DNA adsorbed onto a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) using free energy profile calculations based on all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The potential of mean force (PMF) of the B-to-A transition of ds-DNA in the presence of an uncharged (10,0) carbon nanotube for two dodecamers with poly-AT or poly-GC sequences is calculated as a function of a root-mean-square-distance (ΔRMSD) difference metric for the B-to-A transition. The calculations reveal that in the presence of a SWNT DNA favors B-form DNA significantly in both poly-GC and poly-AT sequences. Furthermore, the poly-AT DNA:SWNT complex shows a higher energy penalty for adopting an A-like conformation than poly-GC DNA:SWNT by several kcal/mol. The presence of a SWNT on either poly-AT or poly-GC DNA affects the PMF of the transition such that the B form is favored by as much as 10 kcal/mol. In agreement with published data, we find a potential energy minimum between A and B-form DNA at ΔRMSD ≈ -1.5 Å and that the presence of the SWNT moves this minimum by as much as ΔRMSD = 3 Å.

SUBMITTER: Bascom G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275165 | biostudies-other | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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