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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.43.2015.tde-04052015-225832
Document
Author
Full name
Lucas Medeiros Cornetta
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2015
Supervisor
Committee
Varella, Marcio Teixeira do Nascimento (President)
Bettega, Marcio Henrique Franco
Miranda, Caetano Rodrigues
Title in Portuguese
Interação entre elétrons e nucleotídeos
Keywords in Portuguese
Colisões
DNA
Estrutura eletrônica
Nucleotídeos
Solvatação
Abstract in Portuguese
Estudos teóricos e experimentais acerca de danos em biomoléculas induzidos pela captura eletrônica em meio biológico têm sido largamente discutidos ao longo da última década. No presente trabalho, abordou-se o problema da captura eletrônica pelo nucleotídeo monofosfato 3'-dGMP com técnicas de estrutura eletrônica, explorando estados ligados do ânion. Buscou-se investigar o ânion em fase gasosa e em solução aquosa, além de estimar barreiras de energia pontecial e energia livre associadas à sua dissociação (quebra da ligação ribose-fosfato). Utilizando os modelos de solvatação implícita (PCM) e explícita (simulação computacional com o método de Monte Carlo), concluiu-se que, em meio aquoso, o estado fundamental do ânion 3 -dGMP apresenta caráter de valência sobre a base nitrogenada (orbital com ocupação simples), em oposição ao resultado em fase gasosa, que prevê um estado ligado por dipolo. A barreira de dissociação, relativa ao estiramento da ligação entre os grupos ribose e fosfato, foi estimada em 16-30 kcal/mol, dependendo da técnica de solvatação utilizada.
Title in English
Interaction between electrons and nucleotides
Keywords in English
Collisions
DNA
Electronic structure
Nucleotides
Solvation
Abstract in English
Theoretical and experimental studies on the damage to biomolecules induced by electron attachment in the biological environment have been widely discussed over the past decade. In the present work, we addressed electron capture by the monophosphate nucleotide 3 -dGMP with electronic structure techniques, exploring bound anion states. We have investigated these anion states in gas phase and in aqueous solution, and estimated the potential and free energy barriers related to the dissociation reaction (breakage of the ribose-phosphate bond). Employing implicit (PCM) and explicit (computer simulation with the Monte Carlo method) solvation models, we have concluded that, in aqueous environment, the ground state of the 3-dGMP specie has valence character with the singly occupied molecular orbital localized on the base. In contrast, the gas phase results point out a dipole-bound ground state. The free energy barrier for the dissociation mechanism, according to the present results, would be around 16-30 kcal/mol in aqueous solution, depending on the salvation model.
 
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