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Grados de libertad internos, motivos estructurales y energética conformacional del radical 5'-deoxyadenosil:
Dmitry V Khoroshun1, Kurt Warncke, Shyue-Chu Ke
1Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 9, 2003
Resumen
Los estudios computacionales revelan que mientras que 5 5
Área de la Ciencia:
- Química computacional es la química computacional.
- Química biofísica y bioquímica.
- Química cuántica es la química cuántica.
Sus antecedentes:
- El radical 5'-deoxyadenosyl es un intermediario clave en la química radical dentro de los sistemas biológicos, particularmente en las enzimas dependientes de la coenzima B12.
- Comprender su superficie de energía potencial es crucial para dilucidar los mecanismos de reacción y la función de las enzimas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para explorar computacionalmente la superficie de energía potencial del radical libre 5'-deoxyadenosyl en la fase gaseosa.
- Identificar las interacciones clave y los cambios conformacionales que rigen su reactividad y estabilidad.
- Para correlacionar los hallazgos computacionales con las observaciones experimentales de adenosilcobalamina.
Principales métodos:
- La teoría funcional de densidad (DFT) y la teoría de perturbaciones de Møller-Plesset de segundo orden (MP2).
- Utilizó conjuntos de base 6-31G(d) y 6-31++G(d,p) para los cálculos.
- Análisis de las interacciones atractivas y repulsivas, incluidos los enlaces de hidrógeno y los efectos estéricos.
Principales resultados:
- La vía de ciclización 5',8 es energéticamente favorable (exotérmica en ~ 20 kcal / mol) pero cinéticamente obstaculizada.
- Los enlaces de hidrógeno entre los grupos hidroxilo y la adenina N3 son fuerzas atractivas significativas en los isómeros abiertos.
- La rotación de ribosa-adenina tiene un impacto significativo en la energía debido a las interacciones repulsivas y atractivas.
Conclusiones:
- La rotación del enlace de glucosilo puede ser un factor primario en la migración radical de largo alcance en las enzimas.
- La sinergia entre la rotación del glicosilo y la escisión del enlace Co-C podría explicar la labilización en la adenosilcobalamina.
- La influencia del entorno proteico requiere más investigación.
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