Theoretical study of the non-watson-crick base pair guanine-guanine

• S. TERESA MADARIAGA ^[1] ; J. GUILLERMO CONTRERAS ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Austral de Chile

     Universidad Austral de Chile

     Valdivia, Chile

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Concepción

     Universidad de Concepción

     Comuna de Concepción, Chile

     
• Localización: Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society (Boletín de la Sociedad Chilena de Química), ISSN-e 0717-6309, ISSN 0366-1644, Vol. 55, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 50-52
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A theoretical study of the non canonical base pair, Guanine-Guanine (G-G) has been carried out in the frame of molecular orbital theory using density functional theory (DFT). The Becke three parameter hybrid including correlation functional that contains local and non-local terms (B3LYP) was used thoroughly The 6-31G(d,p) basis set was employed to obtain the optimized geometry and energy of the non-Watson-Crick pair formed between two molecules of guanine. The results compare well with the properties of other base pairs of biological interest. At the DFT level the non-planarity of the pair is evident. The two guanines molecules are bent by ca 12° and buckled. The interaction energy corrected by BSSE is equal to -10.7 kcal / mol, similar to that calculated for other pairs involving bases of nucleic acids.