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Electronic Properties of Metal-Modified DNA Base Pairs

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The electronic properties of several metal-modified Watson—Crick guanine—cytosine base pairs are investigated by means of first-principle density functional theory calculations. Focus is placed on a new structure recently proposed as a plausible model for building an antiparallel duplex with Zn—guanine—cytosine pairs, but we also inspect several other conformations and the incorporation of Ag and Cu ions. We analyze the effects induced by the incorporation of one metal cation per base pair by comparing the structures and the electronic properties of the metalated pairs to those of the natural guanine—cytosine pair, particularly for what concerns the modifications of energy levels and charge density distributions of the frontier orbitals. Our results reveal the establishment of covalent bonding between the metal cation and the nucleobases, identified in the presence of hybrid metal—guanine and metal—cytosine orbitals. Attachment of the cation can occur either at the N1 or the N7 site of guanine and is compatible with altering or not altering the H-bond pattern of the natural pair. Cu(II) strongly contributes to the hybridization of the orbitals around the band gap, whereas Ag(I) and Zn(II) give hybrid states farther from the band gap. Most metalated pairs have smaller band gaps than the natural guanine—cytosine pair. The band gap shrinking along with the metal—base coupling suggests interesting consequences for electron transfer through DNA double helices.

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