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ArticleBiophysical journal2011

Interactions of cations with RNA loop-loop complexes.

Abhishek Singh, Latsavongsakda Sethaphong, Yaroslava G Yingling

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Abhishek SinghDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Latsavongsakda Sethaphong
Yaroslava G Yingling

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA loop-loop interactions are essential in many biological processes, including initiation of RNA folding into complex tertiary shapes, promotion of dimerization, and viral replication. In this article, we examine interactions of metal ions with five RNA loop-loop complexes of unique biological significance using explicit-solvent molecular-dynamics simulations. These simulations revealed the presence of solvent-accessible tunnels through the major groove of loop-loop interactions that attract and retain cations. Ion dynamics inside these loop-loop complexes were distinctly different from the dynamics of the counterion cloud surrounding RNA and depend on the number of basepairs between loops, purine sequence symmetry, and presence of unpaired nucleotides. The cationic uptake by kissing loops depends on the number of basepairs between loops. It is interesting that loop-loop complexes with similar functionality showed similarities in cation dynamics despite differences in sequence and loop size.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationBase PairingBase SequenceCationsMetalsRNASolventsCationsMetalsRNASolvents

Identifiers

PMID21806941
PMCPMC3145274

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