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Nuclear quantum effect and temperature dependency on the hydrogen‐bonded structure of base pairs
Authors:Masashi Daido  Yukio Kawashima  Masanori Tachikawa
Institution:Quantum Chemistry Division, Graduate School of Science, Yokohama City University, , Yokohama, 236‐0027 Japan
Abstract:The structure of Watson–Crick‐type adenine‐thymine and guanine‐cytosine pairs has been studied by hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) and path integral hybrid Monte Carlo (PIHMC) simulations with the use of semiempirical PM6‐DH+ method in the gas phase. We elucidated the nuclear quantum effect and temperature dependency on the hydrogen‐bonded moiety of base pairs. It was shown that the contribution of nuclear quantum effect on the hydrogen‐bonded structure is significant not only at low temperature 150 K but also at temperature as high as 450 K. The relative position of hydrogen‐bonded proton between two heavy atoms and the nuclear quantum nature of the proton are also shown. Furthermore, we have applied principal component analysis to HMC and PIHMC simulations to analyze the nuclear quantum effect on intermolecular motions. We found that the ratio of Buckle mode (lowest vibrational mode from normal mode analysis) decreases due to the nuclear quantum effect, whereas that of Propeller mode (second lowest vibrational mode) increases. In addition, nonplanar structures of base pairs were found to become stable due to the nuclear quantum effect from two‐dimensional free energy landscape along Buckle and Propeller modes. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords:Watson–  Crick‐type base pair  path integral simulation  nuclear quantum effect  temperature dependency  semiempirical PM6‐DH+ method  hybrid Monte Carlo
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