Assessing the importance of proton transfer reactions in DNA

D Jacquemin, J Zuniga, A Requena… - Accounts of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Although engineered by millions of years of evolution, the cellular machinery is
not flawless, and errors regularly appear during DNA replication. The subsequent alteration …

Biomimetic intrafibrillar mineralization of type I collagen with intermediate precursors-loaded mesoporous carriers

W Zhang, X Luo, L Niu, H Yang, CKY Yiu, T Wang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Limited continuous replenishment of the mineralization medium is a restriction for in-situ
solution-based remineralization of hypomineralized body tissues. Here, we report a process …

Charge transfer dynamics in DNA revealed by time-resolved spectroscopy

M Fujitsuka, T Majima - Chemical Science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few decades, charge transfer in DNA has attracted considerable attention from
researchers in a wide variety of fields, including bioscience, physical chemistry, and …

DFT reinvestigation of DNA strand breaks induced by electron attachment

HY Chen, PY Yang, HF Chen, CL Kao… - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The benchmark study of DFT methods on the activation energies of phosphodiester C3′–O
and C5′–O bond ruptures and glycosidic C1′–N bond ruptures induced by electron …

Stochastic dynamic quantitative and 3D structural matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometric analyses of mixture of nucleosides

B Ivanova, M Spiteller - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper tackles issue of solid-state 3D structural analysis by means of matrix assisted
laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry with a view of our innovative stochastic …

DNA spontaneous mutation and its role in the evolution of GC-content: assessing the impact of the genetic sequence

JP Cerón-Carrasco, D Jacquemin - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure of DNA is not constantly at its equilibrium point but evolves with time. It is
generally accepted that evolution induces a decrease of the guanine–cytosine (GC) content …

Hydrogen-rich cation radicals of dna dinucleotides: Generation and structure elucidation by uv–vis action spectroscopy

Y Liu, JA Korn, A Dang, F Tureček - The Journal of Physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen-rich DNA dinucleotide cation radicals (dGG+ 2H)+•,(dCG+ 2H)+•, and (dGC+
2H)+• represent transient species comprising protonated and hydrogen atom adducted …

How does guanine–cytosine base pair affect excess-electron transfer in DNA?

SH Lin, M Fujitsuka, T Majima - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Charge transfer and proton transfer in DNA have attracted wide attention due to their
relevance in biological processes and so on. Especially, excess-electron transfer (EET) in …

Base Pair Sensitivity and Enhanced ON/OFF Ratios of DNA-Binding: Donor–Acceptor–Donor Fluorophores

JN Wilson, J Wigenius, DRG Pitter, Y Qiu… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The photophysical properties of two recently reported live cell compatible, DNA-binding
dyes, 4, 6-bis (4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl) phenyl) pyrimidin-2-ol, 1, and [1, 3-bis [4-(4 …

A new turn in codon–anticodon selection through halogen bonds

RV Solomon, SA Vedha… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The halogen bond is relatively a less characterized intermolecular interaction compared to
the hydrogen bond and the structure, stability and electronic structures of halogenated base …