Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 932.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20141136

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Site-preference of Quercetin Hydrogen Bonding to Adenine

WANG Xiaowen, LI Shuang, JIANG Xiaonan, WANG Changsheng*()   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
  • Received:2014-12-29 Online:2015-05-10 Published:2015-04-14
  • Contact: WANG Changsheng E-mail:chwangcs@lnnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21173109, 21133005), the Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University, China(No.LR2012037) and the Program for Leading Figures in Dalian, China

Abstract:

Sixteen stable hydrogen-bonded quercetin-adenine complexes were located at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) level. The binding energies in gas phase were evaluated at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level with the basis set superposition error correction. The binding energies in water solvent were obtained at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level with PCM model. The calculation results indicate that no matter in gas phase or water solvent, the hydrogen-bonded complexes formed through the quercetin site qu1 are the most stable. The relative stability of the hydrogen-bonded quercetin-adenine complexes and the thymine-adenine Waston-Crick base pair was further explored. The calculation results show that the base pair is more stable in gas phase whereas the hydrogen-bonded quercetin-adenine complexes are more stable in water solvent. Based on the calculation results of the standard Gibbs free energy change, the relative equilibrium concentrations between the hydrogen-bonded quercetin-adenine complexes and the base pair in water solvent were estimated.

Key words: Quercetin, Adenine, Hydrogen-bonded complex, Binding energy, Standard Gibbs free energy change

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