Counterions in RNA structure: Structural bioinformatics analysis to identify the role of Mg2+ ions in base pair formation

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Autori principali: Adhikari, Swati, Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay, Roy, Parthajit
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author Adhikari, Swati
Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay
Roy, Parthajit
author_facet Adhikari, Swati
Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay
Roy, Parthajit
contents Contribution of metal ions on nucleic acids structures and functions is undeniable. Among the available metal ions like Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ etc., the role that play the Mg2+ ion is very significant related to the stability of the structures of RNA and this is quite well studied. But it is not possible to grasp the entire functionality of Mg2+ ion in the structure of RNA. So, to have a better understanding of the Mg-RNA complexes, in the present study, we have investigated 1541 non-redundant crystal structures of RNA and generated reports for various statistics related to these Mg-RNA complexes by computing base pairs and Mg2+ binding statistics. In this study, it has also been reported whether the presence of Mg2+ ions can alter the stability of base pairs or not by computing and comparing the base pairs stability. We noted that the Mg2+ ions do not affect the canonical base pair G:C W:WC while majority of the non-canonical base pair G:G W:HC, which is important also in DNA telomere structures, has Magnesium ion binding to O6 or N7 atoms of one of the Guanines.
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spellingShingle Counterions in RNA structure: Structural bioinformatics analysis to identify the role of Mg2+ ions in base pair formation
Adhikari, Swati
Bhattacharyya, Dhananjay
Roy, Parthajit
Biomolecules
92xx (Primary) 92-11
Contribution of metal ions on nucleic acids structures and functions is undeniable. Among the available metal ions like Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ etc., the role that play the Mg2+ ion is very significant related to the stability of the structures of RNA and this is quite well studied. But it is not possible to grasp the entire functionality of Mg2+ ion in the structure of RNA. So, to have a better understanding of the Mg-RNA complexes, in the present study, we have investigated 1541 non-redundant crystal structures of RNA and generated reports for various statistics related to these Mg-RNA complexes by computing base pairs and Mg2+ binding statistics. In this study, it has also been reported whether the presence of Mg2+ ions can alter the stability of base pairs or not by computing and comparing the base pairs stability. We noted that the Mg2+ ions do not affect the canonical base pair G:C W:WC while majority of the non-canonical base pair G:G W:HC, which is important also in DNA telomere structures, has Magnesium ion binding to O6 or N7 atoms of one of the Guanines.
title Counterions in RNA structure: Structural bioinformatics analysis to identify the role of Mg2+ ions in base pair formation
topic Biomolecules
92xx (Primary) 92-11
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.05355