Structure and Dynamics of DNA-dendrimer complexation: Role of counterions, water and base pair sequence

Details Structure and Dynamics of DNA-dendrimer complexation: Role of counterions, water and base pair sequence Structure and Dynamics of DNA-dendrimer complexation: Role of counterions, water and base pair sequence

2006-11-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611486v1

Nano Letters, 6, 2478 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

28 pages

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We study sequence dependent complexation between oligonucleotides (single strand DNA) and various generation ethylene diamine (EDA) cored poly amido amide (PAMAM) dendrimers through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations accompanied by free energy calculations and inherent structure determination. Simulations reveal formation of a stable complex and provide a detailed molecular level understanding of the structure and dynamics of such a complexation. The reaction free energy surface in the initial stage is found to be funnel-like with a significant barrier arising in the late stage due to the occurrence of misfolded states of DNA. Complexation shows surprisingly strong sensitivity to the ssDNA sequence which is found to arise from a competition between enthalpic versus entropic rigidity of ssDNA.

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