Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS
Volume 363, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119868
Keywords
Dimethyl phosphate; Nucleic acid; Ion pairing; Equilibrium; Kinetics; Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Funding
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation [1209539]
- European Research Council (ERC) [714691]
- European Research Council (ERC) [714691] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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In this study, the interaction of DMP- with different cations and water in aqueous solutions of NaDMP was investigated using dielectric relaxation and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. It was found that DMP- is weakly hydrated and weakly associated with Na+ in the absence of added salt, but forms different ion pairs in the presence of NaCl, MgCl2, or CaCl2. The dissociation rates of the ion pairs were found to follow the order Mg2+ << Ca2+ < Na+ based on concentration dependence experiments.
Dimethyl phosphate (DMP-) is the simplest model ion to assess ion-pairing phenomena between metal ions and the phosphate backbone of nucleic acids. Yet, the equilibria and dynamics of ion binding to DMP- have not been fully uncovered. Here, we study the interaction of DMP- with different cations and water in aqueous solutions of NaDMP using dielectric relaxation and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies. We find DMP- to be weakly hydrated and weakly associated with Na+ in the absence of added salt. Upon addition of NaCl, MgCl2, or CaCl2 to solutions of NaDMP, we detect the formation of solvent-shared (NaDMP0) and contact (MgDMP+, CaDMP+) ion-pairs; the degree of ion association is 20-27 % at 2:1 salt:DMP molar ratio for the bivalent ions. Comparison to literature results suggests the formation constant of MgDMP+ to be a good estimate for the binding of Mg2+ to RNA. From the concentration dependence of the rotational relaxation time of the ion-pairs, we find ion-pair dissociation rates to follow the order Mg2+ << Ca2+ < Na+. Strikingly, our data suggest that the overall ion-pair dissociation dynamics are governed by an ion-pair metathesis reaction, which provides a different pathway for the binding of ions by DMP-. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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