H-bonding patterns in the platinated guanine-cytosine base pair and guanine-cytosine-guanine-cytosine base tetrad: an electron density deformation analysis and AIM study

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Oct 6;126(39):12651-60. doi: 10.1021/ja0492337.

Abstract

The atoms in molecule theory (AIM) and electronic structure analysis are applied together to investigate H-bonding patterns in metalated nucleobase complexes. The influence of Pt on the intra GC base pair H-bonding has been found to reduce intra base pair H-bonding of N4(C)...O6(G) in the platinated GC pair and GCGC tetrad. The relaxation of geometry constrains in metalated nucleobases is found to be decisively important in the formation of novel molecular architectures from nucleobases and metal entities. The incorporation of the platinum in the GCGC tetrad benefits the formation of the unique CH...N (H5(C)...N1(G)) hydrogen bond pattern in the tetrad by offering improved geometric constraints rather than through changing the electronic properties around the H5(C) and N1(G) sites. Platination at the N7 of guanine reduces the deprotonation energy considerably.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Base Pairing
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Cytosine / chemistry*
  • Cytosine / metabolism
  • Dimerization
  • Guanine / chemistry*
  • Guanine / metabolism
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / chemistry*
  • Platinum / chemistry*
  • Platinum / metabolism
  • Thermodynamics

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Platinum
  • Guanine
  • Cytosine