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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

Competitive interaction of monovalent cations with DNA from 3D-RISM.

George M Giambaşu, Magdalena K Gebala, Maria T Panteva, Tyler Luchko, David A Case, Darrin M York

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

George M GiambaşuBioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Magdalena K GebalaDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Maria T PantevaBioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Tyler LuchkoDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330, USA.
David A CaseBioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Darrin M YorkBioMaPS Institute for Quantitative Biology and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA york@rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USCalifornia State University, Northridge · USQuantitative BioSciences · USStanford University · US

Funding

Time-resolved small angle X-ray scatteringP01GM066275 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HERSCHLAG, DANIEL · 2003 to 2017
$17.8M
Multi-Scale Quantum Models for Ribozyme CatalysisR01GM062248 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Darrin M York · 2001 to 2026
$7.1M
Solution and solid structures from NMRR01GM045811 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI CASE, DAVID A · 1991 to 2016
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM103297NIGMS NIH HHS GM45811NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM066275NIGMS NIH HHS P01GM066275NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM045811NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062248
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The composition of the ion atmosphere surrounding nucleic acids affects their folding, condensation and binding to other molecules. It is thus of fundamental importance to gain predictive insight into the formation of the ion atmosphere and thermodynamic consequences when varying ionic conditions. An early step toward this goal is to benchmark computational models against quantitative experimental measurements. Herein, we test the ability of the three dimensional reference interaction site model (3D-RISM) to reproduce preferential interaction parameters determined from ion counting (IC) experiments for mixed alkali chlorides and dsDNA. Calculations agree well with experiment with slight deviations for salt concentrations >200 mM and capture the observed trend where the extent of cation accumulation around the DNA varies inversely with its ionic size. Ion distributions indicate that the smaller, more competitive cations accumulate to a greater extent near the phosphoryl groups, penetrating deeper into the grooves. In accord with experiment, calculated IC profiles do not vary with sequence, although the predicted ion distributions in the grooves are sequence and ion size dependent. Calculations on other nucleic acid conformations predict that the variation in linear charge density has a minor effect on the extent of cation competition.

Indexed as

Models, MolecularCations, MonovalentDNAMolecular Dynamics SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationRNAThermodynamicsCations, MonovalentDNARNAtriplex DNA

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PMID26304542
PMCPMC4787805
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