Dynamical Transition of Water in the Grooves of DNA Duplex at Low Temperature

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作者
Biswal, Debasmita [1 ]
Jana, Biman [1 ]
Pal, Subrata [2 ]
Bagchi, Biman [1 ]
机构
[1] Indian Inst Sci, Solid State & Struct Chem Unit, Bangalore 560012, Karnataka, India
[2] Indian Inst Technol, Ahmadabad 382424, Gujarat, India
关键词
PROTEIN HYDRATION WATER; LIQUID PHASE-TRANSITION; DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; GLASS-TRANSITION; NEUTRON-SCATTERING; SOLVATION DYNAMICS; AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS; SIMULATIONS; CROSSOVER;
D O I
10.1021/jp8078343
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
At low temperature (below its freezing/melting temperature), liquid water under confinement is known to exhibit anomalous dynamical features. Here we study structure and dynamics of water in the grooves of a long DNA duplex using molecular dynamics simulations with TIP5P potential at low temperature. We find signatures of a dynamical transition in both translational and orientational dynamics of water molecules in both the major and the minor grooves of a DNA duplex. The transition occurs at a slightly higher temperature (T-GL approximate to 255 K) than the temperature at which the bulk water is found to undergo a dynamical transition, which for the TIP5P potential is at 247 K. Groove water, however, exhibits markedly different temperature dependence of its properties from the bulk. Entropy calculations reveal that the minor groove water is ordered even at room temperature, and the transition at T, 255 K can be characterized as a strong-to-strong dynamical transition. Confinement of water in the grooves of DNA favors the formation of a low density four-coordinated state (as a consequence of enthalpy-entropy balance) that makes the liquid-liquid transition stronger. The low temperature water is characterized by pronounced tetrahedral order, as manifested in the sharp rise near 109 degrees in the O-O-O angle distribution. We find that the Adams-Gibbs relation between configurational entropy and translational diffusion holds quite well when the two quantities are plotted together in a master plot for different region of aqueous DNA duplex (bulk, major, and minor grooves) at different temperatures. The activation energy for the transfer of water molecules between different regions of DNA is found to be weakly dependent on temperature.
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页码:4394 / 4399
页数:6
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