Abstract
It was previously reported that the incorporation of 6-ethynylpyridone (E) into a DNA duplex (replacing T in a T:A base pair) leads to DNA duplexes that are more stable than the T:A-containing duplexes. DFT calculations at the M06-2X/6-31+G(d) and BLYP-D3/6-31+G(d) levels on various base pairs, stacked bases and stacked base pairs in continuum solvation water suggest that the observed increased stability of E:A-containing duplexes is due to the combined effects of stronger base pairing and enhanced stacking of the E:A base pair.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7-13 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 668 |
| Early online date | 8 Dec 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Unnatural base pair
- 6-ethynylpyridone
- Density functional theory
- Stacking
- M06-2X
- BLYP-D3
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