Dynamics of Ion-Phosphate Lattice of DNA in Left-Handed Double Helix Form

Authors

  • S. M. Perepelytsya Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine
  • S. N. Volkov Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.06.0554

Keywords:

left-handed double helix, ion-phosphate lattice, DNA

Abstract

The conformational vibrations of Z-DNA with counterions are studied in the framework of a phenomenological model developed. The structure of a left-handed double helix with counterions neutralizing the negatively charged phosphate groups of DNA is considered as an ion-phosphate lattice. The frequencies and the Raman intensities for the modes of Z-DNA with Na+ and Mg2+ ions are calculated, and the low-frequency Raman spectra are built. At the spectral interval about the frequency 150 cm^-1; a new mode of ion-phosphate vibrations, which characterizes the vibrations of Mg2+ counterions, is found. The results of our calculations show that the intensities of Z-DNA modes are sensitive to the concentration of magnesium counterions. The obtained results describe well the experimental Raman spectra of Z-DNA.

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Published

2018-10-10

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Section

Soft matter

How to Cite

Dynamics of Ion-Phosphate Lattice of DNA in Left-Handed Double Helix Form. (2018). Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 58(6), 554. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe58.06.0554

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