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Solvent interactions stabilising nucleic acid conformers.

R J Elliott1, J M Goodfellow

  • 1Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, UK.

Nucleic Acids Research
|January 11, 1989
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Geometric calculations reveal that the A conformation of oligonucleotides offers more hydration sites than the B form. This supports the hydration economy hypothesis, explaining how water stabilizes DNA structures.

Area of Science:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Structural Biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Oligonucleotides exhibit various conformations (A, B, Z-DNA) influenced by environmental factors like hydration.
  • Understanding the stabilization mechanisms of these conformations is crucial for molecular biology and drug design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate potential hydration sites that stabilize oligonucleotide conformations.
  • To provide geometric evidence for the hydration economy hypothesis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized simple geometric calculations to analyze grid points around oligonucleotides.
  • Classified grid points based on potential water molecule interactions (single, multiple, nil contacts) with polar atoms.

Main Results:

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  • Identified a higher prevalence of multiple, bridging hydration sites for the A-DNA conformation compared to the B-DNA conformation.
  • Calculations for Z-DNA showed distinct preferences for multiple bridging sites.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the hydration economy hypothesis, suggesting water molecules bridge phosphate groups in the A-form DNA.
  • Geometric analysis provides insights into the differential hydration and stabilization of DNA conformations.