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ChargeTransport inStretchedDNA Figure5.4: Meaningof the helical parameter slide; every boxdepicts onenucleobase. However, this justificationdoesnothold for everybase-pair step. For instance, the base-pair step 1–2 in GT undergoes the same conformational change, and there is even a large increase of the corresponding electronic coupling. The analysis of a sequence with all purine nucleobases on one strand (GG) reveals a similar conformational transition,withan increaseof slide for several base-pair steps. The corresponding electronic couplings decrease though, but retain non-zero values unlike those inGT. Consequently, the conductivity ofGGdecreases only slightly. This accumulated evidence prevents simple conclusions to be drawn, and amore detailedexplanationhas tobe sought. 5.4 DetailedStructuralDifferences To understand the different response of CT in the various DNA sequences to stretching, it is necessary to take into account both the inherent asymmetry of the DNAdoublehelixandtheparticularwaythat theendsof thestrandsarepulled. In agreementwith thementioned experiments,[8–12] this study considers anchoring of the3’-endsof theDNAdouble strand, see the illustration inFig.5.5. WhenaDNAspecieswith all purinenucleobases onone strand is stretchedup to a ladder-like structure (Fig. 5.5 left), the overlapof every twoneighboringpurines decreases, as described by slide taking large values. The electronic coupling of purines in suchanarrangementdecreases though, butdoesnot vanish. The situa- tion is verydifferentwhen thepurine nucleobases alternate betweenboth strands (Fig.5.5 right). Table 5.2 shows an overviewof the base-pair steps present in the investigated se- quences. Basically three different step types can be distinguished. For example, G|Gis the intrastrandbase-pair stepof twoGCbase-pairswhere theguaninesare on top of each other bound to the same strand. G\T is a base-pair step where 74
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Charge Transport in DNA Insights from Simulations
Titel
Charge Transport in DNA
Untertitel
Insights from Simulations
Autor
Mario Wolter
Verlag
KIT Scientific Publishing
Datum
2013
Sprache
englisch
Lizenz
CC BY-SA 3.0
ISBN
978-3-7315-0082-7
Abmessungen
17.0 x 24.0 cm
Seiten
156
Schlagwörter
Charge Transport, Charge Transfer, DNA, Molecular Dynamics, Quantum Mechanics
Kategorien
Naturwissenschaften Chemie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  1. Zusammenfassung 1
  2. Summary 3
  3. 1 Introduction 5
  4. 2 TheoreticalBackground 11
    1. 2.1 MolecularMechanics 11
    2. 2.2 MolecularDynamicsSimulation 13
      1. 2.2.1 Solving theEquationsofMotion 14
      2. 2.2.2 ThermodynamicEnsembles 15
    3. 2.3 QuantumChemistry 18
      1. 2.3.1 DensityFunctionalTheory 18
      2. 2.3.2 ApproximativeDFT–Density-FunctionalTight-Binding 21
    4. 2.4 DynamicsofExcessCharge inDNA 24
      1. 2.4.1 TheMulti-ScaleFramework 25
      2. 2.4.2 TheFragmentOrbitalApproach 26
    5. 2.5 ChargeTransport inDNA 29
      1. 2.5.1 Landauer–BüttikerFramework 29
    6. 2.6 ChargeTransfer inDNA 32
      1. 2.6.1 Basics ofChargeTransfer 32
      2. 2.6.2 Non-adiabaticPropagationSchemes 34
  5. 3 SimulationSetup 39
    1. 3.1 TheDNAMolecule 39
      1. 3.1.1 InvestigatedDNASequences 42
    2. 3.2 MDSimulationofDNA 44
    3. 3.3 DNAunderMechanical Stress 45
    4. 3.4 MicrohydratedDNA 46
  6. 4 DNAUnderExperimentalConditions 49
    1. 4.1 FreeMDSimulations 50
    2. 4.2 TheStructuralChangesofDNAuponStretching 51
    3. 4.3 IrreversibilityofDNAStretching inSimulations 56
    4. 4.4 Effects ofLowHydration 58
    5. 4.5 Effects ofDecreased IonContent 62
    6. 4.6 Effect ofWater and Ionson theStretchingProfileofDNA 64
    7. 4.7 Conclusion 67
  7. 5 ChargeTransport inStretchedDNA 69
    1. 5.1 InvestigatedSequences andStructures 69
    2. 5.2 ChargeTransportCalculations 71
    3. 5.3 SequenceDependentChargeTransport 73
    4. 5.4 DetailedStructuralDifferences 74
    5. 5.5 Conclusion 76
  8. 6 ChargeTransport inMicrohydratedDNA 79
    1. 6.1 InvestigatedSequences andStructures 79
    2. 6.2 ChargeTransferParameters 80
    3. 6.3 ChargeTransportCalculations 84
    4. 6.4 DirectDynamicsofChargeTransfer 86
    5. 6.5 Conclusion 87
  9. 7 AParametrizedModel toSimulateCT inDNA 89
    1. 7.1 Creating theElectronicCouplings 90
    2. 7.2 Modeling the IonizationPotentials 93
    3. 7.3 TestingwithChargeTransportCalculations 97
    4. 7.4 ChargeTransferExtensions 98
    5. 7.5 TestingwithChargeTransferMethods 102
    6. 7.6 Conclusion 103
  10. 8 Conclusion 105
  11. Appendix 111
  12. A DNAUnderExperimentalConditions 111
    1. A.1 TheStructuralChangesofDNAuponStretching 111
    2. A.2 Effect ofLowHydrationandDecreased IonContent 112
    3. A.3 StretchingofMicrohydratedDNA 116
  13. B CTinMicrohydratedDNA 117
    1. B.1 HelicalParameters -CompleteOverview 117
    2. B.2 ElectronicCouplings 118
    3. B.3 IonizationPotentials 119
    4. B.4 ESP InducedbyDifferentGroupsofAtoms 122
    5. B.5 DistanceofChargedAtomGroups fromtheHelicalAxis 123
  14. List ofPublications 137
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