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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 20, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011089
关键词
THz-TDS; hydration shells; DNA hydration; water structure; dielectric properties
资金
- State assignment of PSCBR RAS [121072900075-6]
The hydration shells of DNA were studied in solution by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, revealing differences from undisturbed water in terms of the presence of strongly bound water molecules, a higher number of free molecules, and an increased number of hydrogen bonds. Salts in the solution had varying effects on hydration, with MgCl2 having minimal alteration and KCl significantly attenuating hydration effects.
Hydration plays a fundamental role in DNA structure and functioning. However, the hydration shell has been studied only up to the scale of 10-20 water molecules per nucleotide. In the current work, hydration shells of DNA were studied in a solution by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The THz spectra of three DNA solutions (in water, 40 mm MgCl2 and 150 mM KCl) were transformed using an effective medium model to obtain dielectric permittivities of the water phase of solutions. Then, the parameters of two relaxation bands related to bound and free water molecules, as well as to intermolecular oscillations, were calculated. The hydration shells of DNA differ from undisturbed water by the presence of strongly bound water molecules, a higher number of free molecules and an increased number of hydrogen bonds. The presence of 40 mM MgCl2 in the solution almost does not alter the hydration shell parameters. At the same time, 150 mM KCl significantly attenuates all the found effects of hydration. Different effects of salts on hydration cannot be explained by the difference in ionic strength of solutions, they should be attributed to the specific action of Mg2+ and K+ ions. The obtained results significantly expand the existing knowledge about DNA hydration and demonstrate a high potential for using the THz time-domain spectroscopy method.
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