Photodynamics of alternative DNA base isoguanine

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/cp/c9cp01622h" target="_blank" >https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/cp/c9cp01622h</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cp01622h" target="_blank" >10.1039/c9cp01622h</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Photodynamics of alternative DNA base isoguanine

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Isoguanine is an alternative nucleobase that has been proposed as a component of expanded genetic codes. It has also been considered as a molecule with potential relevance to primordial informational polymers. Here, we scrutinize the photodynamics of isoguanine, because photostability has been proposed as a critical criterion for the prebiotic selection of biomolecular building blocks on an early Earth. We discuss resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization, IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy and pump-probe measurements performed for this molecule to track the excited-state behaviour of its different tautomeric forms in the gas phase. These experiments, when confronted with highly accurate quantum chemical calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations provide a complete mechanistic picture of the tautomer-specific photodynamics of isoguanine. Our results indicate that UV-excited enol tautomers of isoguanine are relatively short lived and therefore photostable. In contrast, the biologically more relevant keto forms are trapped in dark n pi* states which are sufficiently long lived to participate in destructive photochemistry. The resulting lower photostability compared to canonical nucleobases may have been one of the reasons why isoguanine was not incorporated into DNA and RNA.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Photodynamics of alternative DNA base isoguanine

Popis výsledku anglicky

Isoguanine is an alternative nucleobase that has been proposed as a component of expanded genetic codes. It has also been considered as a molecule with potential relevance to primordial informational polymers. Here, we scrutinize the photodynamics of isoguanine, because photostability has been proposed as a critical criterion for the prebiotic selection of biomolecular building blocks on an early Earth. We discuss resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization, IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy and pump-probe measurements performed for this molecule to track the excited-state behaviour of its different tautomeric forms in the gas phase. These experiments, when confronted with highly accurate quantum chemical calculations and nonadiabatic dynamics simulations provide a complete mechanistic picture of the tautomer-specific photodynamics of isoguanine. Our results indicate that UV-excited enol tautomers of isoguanine are relatively short lived and therefore photostable. In contrast, the biologically more relevant keto forms are trapped in dark n pi* states which are sufficiently long lived to participate in destructive photochemistry. The resulting lower photostability compared to canonical nucleobases may have been one of the reasons why isoguanine was not incorporated into DNA and RNA.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

ISSN

1463-9076

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

21

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

25

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

13474-13485

Kód UT WoS článku

000473056500006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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