Theoretical ab Initio Study of the Effects of Methylation on Structure and Stability of G:C Watson-Crick Base Pair (original) (raw)

Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, 2003

Abstract

Methylation of DNA occurs most readily at N(3), N(7), and O(6) of purine bases and N(3) and O(2) of pyrimidines. Methylated bases are continuously formed through endogenous and exogenous mechanisms. The results of a theoretical ab initio study on the methylation of G:C base pair components are reported. The geometries of the local minima were optimized without symmetry restrictions by the gradient procedure at DFT level of theory and were verified by energy second derivative calculations. The standard 6–31G(d) basis set was used. The single-point calculations have been performed at the MP2/6–31G(d,p), MP2/6–31++G(d,p), and MP2/6–311++G(2d,2p) levels of theory. The geometrical parameters, relative stability and counterpoise corrected interaction energies are reported. Also, using a variation-perturbation energy decomposition scheme we have found the vital contributions to the total interaction energy.

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