Arcella…Orozco {Angew Chem, ahead of print}
Structure and Dynamics of Oligonucleotides in the Gas Phase
Arcella A, Dreyer J, Ippoliti E, Ivani I, Portella G, Gabelica V, Carloni P, Orozco M.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print]
By combining ion-mobility mass spectrometry experiments with sub-millisecond classical and ab initio molecular dynamics we fully characterized, for the first time, the dynamic ensemble of a model nucleic acid in the gas phase under electrospray ionization conditions. The studied oligonucleotide unfolds upon vaporization, loses memory of the solution structure, and explores true gas-phase conformational space. Contrary to our original expectations, the oligonucleotide shows very rich dynamics in three different timescales (multi-picosecond, nanosecond, and sub-millisecond) [….]
PubMed: 25417598. Doi:10.1002/anie.201406910
PubMed: 25417598. Doi:10.1002/anie.201406910
