RNAs' uracil quartet model with a non-essential metal ion

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 28;47(16):4646-8. doi: 10.1039/c1cc10376h. Epub 2011 Mar 15.

Abstract

We have recently communicated the resemblance of 1-hexyluracil in the crystal state with a lipid bilayer (CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 362-365). Treatment of this molecule with silver nitrate yields a model, using a non-essential metal ion, of a uracil quartet with geometric parameters comparable to those previously found in RNA strands.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ions / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Quantum Theory
  • RNA / chemistry*
  • Silver Nitrate / chemistry*
  • Uracil / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ions
  • Uracil
  • RNA
  • Silver Nitrate