O'Neill, Melanie A. and Barton, Jacqueline K. (2004) DNA-Mediated Charge Transport Requires Conformational Motion of the DNA Bases: Elimination of Charge Transport in Rigid Glasses at 77 K. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 (41). pp. 13234-13235. ISSN 0002-7863. doi:10.1021/ja0455897. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170421-084130900
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Abstract
We have proposed that DNA-mediated charge transport (CT) is gated by base motions, with only certain base conformations being CT-active; a CT-active conformation can be described as a domain, a transiently extended π-orbital defined dynamically by DNA sequence. Here, to explore these CT-active conformations, we examine the yield of base-base CT between photoexcited 2-aminopurine (Ap*) and guanine in DNA in rigid LiCl glasses at 77 K, where conformational rearrangement is effectively eliminated. Duplex DNA assemblies (35-mers) were constructed containing adenine bridges Ap(A)_nG (n = 0−4). The yield of CT was monitored through fluorescence quenching of Ap* by G. We find, first, that the emission intensity of Ap* in all DNA duplexes increases dramatically upon cooling and becomes comparable to free Ap*. This indicates that all quenching of Ap* in duplex DNA is a dynamic process that requires conformational motion of the DNA bases. Second, DNA-mediated CT between Ap* and G is not observed at 77 K; rather than hindering the ability of DNA to transport charge, conformational motion is required. Moreover, the lack of DNA-mediated CT at 77 K, even through the shortest bridge, suggests that the static structures adopted upon cooling do not represent optimum CT-active conformations. These observations are consistent with our model of conformationally gated CT. Through conformational motion of the DNA bases, CT-active domains form and break-up transiently, both facilitating and limiting CT.
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Additional Information: | © 2004 American Chemical Society. Received July 22, 2004. Publication Date (Web): September 25, 2004. We acknowledge the NIH and NFCR. M.A.O. thanks NSERC for a postdoctoral fellowship. | ||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1021/ja0455897 | ||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | DNA-Mediated Charge Transport Requires Conformational Motion of the DNA Bases: Elimination of Charge Transport in Rigid Glasses at 77 K Melanie A. O‘Neill and Jacqueline K. Barton Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004 126 (41), 13234-13235 DOI: 10.1021/ja0455897 | ||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||
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