Dynamics of water in biological recognition
Article Abstract:
Issues related to biomolecular hydration, with emphasize on proteins in the native state and synthetic dodecamer duplex DNA and genomic calf thymus DNA are addressed and the dynamical nature of water in bulk and water in loosely bound interfacial layer is also studied. Results show that differences probably exist in the biomolecular hydration of bulk water and loosely bound water and identify two types of water at the interface.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Toward an integrated model of protein - DNA recognition as inferred from NMR studies on the Lac repressor system
Article Abstract:
The Lactor repressor system is used to recognize deoxyribonucleic acid from nuclear magnetic resonance studies. The most challenging issue for specific protien-DNA recognition is that the target sequence is immersed in a huge molar excess of nonspecific DNA sequences.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Ultrafast excited-state dynamics in nucleic acids
Article Abstract:
The nature and dynamics of the singlet excited electronic states created in nucleic acid and their constituents is studied. The experiments demonstrated that in room temperature solutions, the fluorescence lifetimes of single DNA bases are subpicosecond.
Publication Name: Chemical Reviews
Subject: Chemistry
ISSN: 0009-2665
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Mechanisms of pulsed laser ablation of biological tissues. Nucleophilic chiral amines as catalysts in asymmetric synthesis
- Abstracts: Organometallic oxides of main group and transition elements downsizing inorganic solids to small molecular fragments
- Abstracts: Structure, synthesis, and chemical reactions of fluorinated cyclopropanes and cyclopropenes. part 2 Catalytic enantioselective Strecker reactions and analogous syntheses
- Abstracts: Mesospore-modified zeolites: Preparation, characterization, and applications. Physical aspects of radiation-induced processes on SiO2, gamma-Al2O3, zeolites, and clays
- Abstracts: Cascade radical cyclizations via biradicals generated from enediynes, enyne-allenes, and enyne-ketenes. Enyne metathesis (enyne bond reorganization)