Charge calculations in molecular mechanics 6: the calculation of partial atomic charges in nucleic acid bases and the electrostatic contribution to DNA base pairing.
AUTOR(ES)
Abraham, R J
RESUMO
A previously described scheme for the direct calculation of the partial atomic charges in molecules (CHARGE2) is applied to the nucleic acid bases. It is shown that inclusion of the omega-technique for the calculation of HMO derived pi charges is of particular importance for these highly polar systems. The molecular dipole moments obtained for the resulting charges are in very good agreement with the observed values for a variety of substituted purine and pyrimidine bases. The partial atomic charges for cytosine, thymine, guanine and adenine (as the 1-methyl and 9-methyl forms) are given and compared with values calculated by a variety of molecular orbital and empirical schemes. All the schemes reproduce the same general trends, with the possible exception of those calculated by the Del Re method, though the charges given by Kollman are in general somewhat larger than the others. The electrostatic contribution to the Watson-Crick base pair interaction energies are calculated using these partial atomic charges. The electrostatic contributions obtained from the M.O. derived atomic charges are less than half the observed values, as are those obtained by the Gasteiger method. The electrostatic contributions calculated from the CHARGE2 atomic charges and those of Kollman are in reasonable agreement with the observed values. The influence of a distant-dependent dielectric constant is examined, but no clear pattern emerges.
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