Electronic structure of the nucleobases

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A comparison is made between the experimental and calculated soft X-ray spectra of DNA's nucleobases, adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and soft X-ray emission spectroscopy. The experimental and theoretical results for the four nucleobases show that each cell has a unique partial density of states for the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen sites.

Author: MacNaughton J., Moewes, A., Kurmaev, E.Z.
Guanine, Optical properties, Electron configuration

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Resonance Raman and UV-Vis spectroscopic characterization of FADH in the complex of photolyase with UV-damaged DNA

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Resonance Raman and UV-vis spectroscopy is used to investigate the interactions between the active site in unmanipulated photolyase and UV-damaged DNA. The substrate binding of unmanipulated Escherichia coli photolyase induces changes in both the resonance Raman and the absorption spectrum of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FADH.).

Author: Schelvis, Johannes P.M.; Connell, Katelyn; Wagner, Stacey; Gindt, Yvonne M., Ramsey, Meghan, Tavares, Celia, Sokolova, Olga, Cecala, Christine
Usage, Spectrum analysis, Spectroscopy, DNA-ligand interactions, DNA binding

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Leading RNA tertiary interactions: Structures, energies, and water insertion of A-minor and P-interactions

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The quantum chemical study results from key tertiary interaction patterns in RNA reveal A-minor interactions to be formed by adenine interacting through its sugar edge with a WC base pair from a canonical double helix while the P-interaction was found to bring together a G/U wobble base pair and a GC WC base pair.

Author: Leszczynski, Jerzy, Sponer, Jiri, Sponer, Judit E., Sychrovsky, Vladimir, Reblova, Kamila, Mokdad, Ali
RNA, Genetic research

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Subjects list: Research, Chemical properties, Adenine
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