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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2023

Sensitivity of the RNA Structure to Ion Conditions as Probed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Common Canonical RNA Duplexes.

Petra Kührová, Vojtěch Mlýnský, Michal Otyepka, Jiří Šponer, Pavel Banáš

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Petra KührováRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1593-5282
Vojtěch MlýnskýInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2769-1553
Michal OtyepkaRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-1066-5677
Jiří ŠponerRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6558-6186
Pavel BanášRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-7137-8225
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics · CZRegional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials · CZVSB - Technical University of Ostrava · CZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA molecules play a key role in countless biochemical processes. RNA interactions, which are of highly diverse nature, are determined by the fact that RNA is a highly negatively charged polyelectrolyte, which leads to intimate interactions with an ion atmosphere. Although RNA molecules are formally single-stranded, canonical (Watson-Crick) duplexes are key components of folded RNAs. A double-stranded (ds) RNA is also important for the design of RNA-based nanostructures and assemblies. Despite the fact that the description of canonical dsRNA is considered the least problematic part of RNA modeling, the imperfect shape and flexibility of dsRNA can lead to imbalances in the simulations of larger RNAs and RNA-containing assemblies. We present a comprehensive set of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of four canonical A-RNA duplexes. Our focus was directed toward the characterization of the influence of varying ion concentrations and of the size of the solvation box. We compared several water models and four RNA force fields. The simulations showed that the A-RNA shape was most sensitive to the RNA force field, with some force fields leading to a reduced inclination of the A-RNA duplexes. The ions and water models played a minor role. The effect of the box size was negligible, and even boxes with a small fraction of the bulk solvent outside the RNA hydration sphere were sufficient for the simulation of the dsRNA.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationRNAIonsNucleic Acid ConformationWaterIonsRNAWater

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PMID36989143
PMCPMC10091408
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