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Spin symmetry transitions make DNA strands separate. New insight into the mechanism of transcription. / Tulub, Alexander A.; Stefanov, Vassily E.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin symmetry transitions make DNA strands separate. New insight into the mechanism of transcription
AU - Tulub, Alexander A.
AU - Stefanov, Vassily E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2015/12/8
Y1 - 2015/12/8
N2 - The DFT:B3LYP (6-31G** basis set) method, including the hyperfine and spin-orbit couplings (HFC and SOC, respectively), is used to study the separation of two complementary trinucleotide sequences, (dC-dG-dA)-(dG-dC-dT), upon the action of two Mg(2+) cofactors (a simplified model). The computations reveal a crossing of the singlet (S) potential energy surface by the triplet (T) surface at two distinct points. Within the crossing region the T curve lies below the S curve. Adhering to the concept of the minimal energy path, one can assume that the T path is more favorable compared to that of the S path. The T path is not simple; it consists of two, T+ and T-, curves initially separated by the HFC and SOC. On reaching the second crossing point, both curves merge into the T0 state, which facilitates the T → S transfer. Totally, the process of the two trinucleotide separation (the first step of transcription) appears as the S → T → S symmetry conversion.
AB - The DFT:B3LYP (6-31G** basis set) method, including the hyperfine and spin-orbit couplings (HFC and SOC, respectively), is used to study the separation of two complementary trinucleotide sequences, (dC-dG-dA)-(dG-dC-dT), upon the action of two Mg(2+) cofactors (a simplified model). The computations reveal a crossing of the singlet (S) potential energy surface by the triplet (T) surface at two distinct points. Within the crossing region the T curve lies below the S curve. Adhering to the concept of the minimal energy path, one can assume that the T path is more favorable compared to that of the S path. The T path is not simple; it consists of two, T+ and T-, curves initially separated by the HFC and SOC. On reaching the second crossing point, both curves merge into the T0 state, which facilitates the T → S transfer. Totally, the process of the two trinucleotide separation (the first step of transcription) appears as the S → T → S symmetry conversion.
KW - DNAtranscription
KW - molecular spintronics
KW - singlet-triplet conversions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84953791644&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1478-3975/12/6/066017
DO - 10.1088/1478-3975/12/6/066017
M3 - Article
C2 - 26656910
VL - 12
JO - Physical Biology
JF - Physical Biology
SN - 1478-3967
IS - 6
M1 - 066017
ER -
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