Formation of the T-HgII-T Metal-Mediated DNA Base Pair; Proposal and Theoretical Calculation of the Reaction Pathway
Formation of the T-HgII-T Metal-Mediated DNA Base Pair; Proposal and Theoretical Calculation of the Reaction Pathway
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T-HgII-T 金属介导的 DNA 碱基对的形成;
作者:
Ken-ichiro Taoka;Izuru Ohki;Hiroyuki Tsuji;Chojiro Kojima and Ko Shimamoto;古板恭子・服部良一・児嶋長次郎;Sebera J
A reaction mechanism that describes the substitution of two imino protons in a thymine:thymine (T:T) mismatched DNA base pair with a HgIIion, which results in the formation of a (T)N3‐HgII‐N3(T) metal‐mediated base pair was proposed and calculated. The mechanism assumes two key steps: The formation of the first HgIIN3(T) bond is triggered by deprotonation of the imino N3 atom in thymine with a hydroxo ligand on the HgIIion. The formation of the second HgIIN3(T) bond proceeds through water‐assisted tautomerization of the remaining, metal‐nonbonded thymine base or through thymine deprotonation with a hydroxo ligand of the HgIIion already coordinated to the thymine base. The thermodynamic parameters ΔGR=−9.5 kcal mol−1, ΔHR=−4.7 kcal mol−1, and ΔSR=16.0 cal mol−1K−1calculated with the ONIOM (B3LYP:BP86) method for the reaction agreed well with the isothermal titration calorimetric (ITC) measurements by Torigoe et al. [H. Torigoe, A. Ono, T. Kozasa,Chem. Eur. J.2010,16, 13218–13225]. The peculiar positive reaction entropy measured previously was due to both dehydration of the metal and the change in chemical bonding. The mercury reactant in the theoretical model contained one hydroxo ligand in accord with the experimental pKavalue of 3.6 known for an aqua ligand of a HgIIcenter. The chemical modification of T:T mismatched to the T‐HgII‐T metal‐mediated base pair was modeled for the middle base pair within a trinucleotide B‐DNA duplex, which ensured complete dehydration of the HgIIion during the reaction.