Acharya, Parag ORCID: 0000-0003-2521-9968 and Chattopadhyaya, Jyoti (2009) Electrostatic cross-modulation of the pseudoaromatic character in single-stranded RNA by nearest-neighbor interactions. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 77 (1). pp. 291-311. ISSN 0033-4545 (Print), 1365-3075 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200577010291)

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Abstract

The generation of a single anionic or cationic center at an alkaline or acidic pH in a given molecule presents a unique opportunity to examine the electrostatic make-up of these molecules both at the neutral or ionic state. The generation of a single cationic center in the phenyl-nicotinamide system provided new straightforward evidence showing that the charge density of the electron-deficient pyridinium was actually enhanced by the donation of the charge from the electron-rich phenyl group (i.e., the pyridinyl became more basic by ca. 0.5 pKa unit compared to an analogous system where phenyl was absent) owing to the electrostatic interactions between these two moieties. On the other hand, the generation of the 5'-guanylate ion in the hexameric single-strand (ss) RNA [5'-GAAAAC-3'], in comparison with the constituent trimeric, tetrameric, and pentameric-ssRNAs, has unequivocally shown how far the electrostatic cross-talk (as an interplay of Coulombic attractive or repulsive forces) in this electronically coupled system propagates through the intervening pAp nucleotide steps until the terminal pC-3' residue in comparison with the neutral counterpart. The footprint of the propagation of this electrostatic cross-talk among the neighboring nucleobases is evident by measurement of pKas from the marker protons of ionization point (i.e., of G) as well as from the neighboring marker protons (i.e., of A or C) in the vicinity, as well as from the change of the chemical environment (i.e., chemical shifts) around their aromatic marker protons (δH2, δH8, δH5, and δH6) owing to a change of the stacking →← destacking equilibrium as a function of pH.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	electrostatic force, RNA, base stacking, NMR, hydrogen bonding
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Food & Markets Department
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2020 12:43
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/28720

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