DFT Computational Study of the Methanolytic Cleavage of DNA and RNA Phosphodiester Models Promoted by the Dinuclear Zn Complex of 1,3-Bis(1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-yl)propane.

A density functional theory study of the cleavage of a DNA model [p-nitrophenyl methyl phosphate (2)] and two RNA models [p-nitrophenyl 2-hydroxypropyl phosphate (3) and phenyl 2-hydroxypropyl phosphate (4)] promoted by the dinuclear Zn complex of 1,3-bis(1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-yl)propane formulat...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135; no. 45; pp. 17209 - 17223
Autores principales: Maxwell, Christopher I., Mosey, Nicholas J., Stan Brown, R.
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Publicado: American Chemical Society 11/13/2013
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        atl: DFT Computational Study of the Methanolytic Cleavage of DNA and RNA Phosphodiester Models Promoted by the Dinuclear Zn Complex of 1,3-Bis(1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-yl)propane.
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          Maxwell, Christopher I.
          Mosey, Nicholas J.
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          Uppsala Biomedicinska Centrum, BMC, Husarg. 3, Box 596, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
          Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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        Scission (Chemistry)
        Phosphodiesters
        Density functional theory
        DNA models
        Free energy (Thermodynamics)
        Lewis acids
        Transesterification
        Hydrogen bonding
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          Scission (Chemistry)
          Phosphodiesters
          Density functional theory
          DNA models
          Free energy (Thermodynamics)
          Lewis acids
          Transesterification
          Hydrogen bonding
      ab: A density functional theory study of the cleavage of a DNA model [p-nitrophenyl methyl phosphate (2)] and two RNA models [p-nitrophenyl 2-hydroxypropyl phosphate (3) and phenyl 2-hydroxypropyl phosphate (4)] promoted by the dinuclear Zn complex of 1,3-bis(1,5,9-triazacyclododec-1-yl)propane formulated with a bridging methoxide (1a) was undertaken to determine possible mechanisms for the transesterification processes that are consistent with experimental data. The initial substrate-bound state of 2:1a or 3:1a has the two phosphoryl oxygens bridging Zn1 and Zn2. For each of 2 and 3, four possible mechanisms were investigated, three of which were consistent with the overall free energy for the catalytic cleavage step for each substrate. The computations revealed various roles for the metal ions in the three mechanisms. These encompass concerted or stepwise processes, where the two metal ions with associated alkoxy groups [Zn:(-OCH) and Zn:(-O-propyl)] play the role of a direct nucleophile (on 2 and 3, respectively) or where Zn:(-OCH) can act as a general base to deprotonate an attacking solvent molecule in the case of 2 or the attacking 2-hydroxypropyl group in the case of 3. The Zn ion can serve as a spectator (after exerting a Lewis acid role in binding one of the phosphates' oxygens) or play active additional roles in providing direct coordination of the departing aryloxy group or positioning a hydrogen-bonding solvent to assist the departure of the leaving group. An important finding revealed by the calculations is the flexibility of the ligand system that allows the Zn-Zn distance to expand from 3.6 Å in 1a to over 5 Å in the transforming 2:1a and 3:1a complexes during the catalytic event.
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