Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36201305›Full record

ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2022

Alchemical Free-Energy Calculations of Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen Base Pairing Interconversion in DNA.

Inacrist Geronimo, Marco De Vivo

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Inacrist GeronimoLaboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa 16163, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4968-500X
Marco De VivoLaboratory of Molecular Modelling & Drug Discovery, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genoa 16163, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hoogsteen (HG) base pairs have a transient nature and can be structurally similar to Watson-Crick (WC) base pairs, making their occurrence and thermodynamic stability difficult to determine experimentally. Herein, we employed the restrain-free-energy perturbation-release (R-FEP-R) method to calculate the relative free energy of the WC and HG base pairing modes in isolated and bound DNA systems and predict the glycosyl torsion conformational preference of purine bases. Notably, this method does not require prior knowledge of the transition pathway between the two end states. Remarkably, relatively fast convergence was reached, with results in excellent agreement with experimental data for all the examined DNA systems. The R-REP-R method successfully determined the stability of HG base pairing and more generally, the conformational preference of purine bases, in these systems. Therefore, this computational approach can help to understand the dynamic equilibrium between the WC and HG base pairing modes in DNA.

Indexed as

DNAPurinesBase PairingMolecular ConformationNucleic Acid ConformationThermodynamicsDNAPurines

Identifiers

PMID36201305
PMCPMC9648191

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.