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电荷沿DNA转移的紧束缚参数

Tight-binding parameters for charge transfer along DNA

L. G. D. Hawke, G. Kalosakas, C. Simserides

摘要:

我们系统地研究了所有的紧束缚参数有关的电荷转移沿DNA。本文用原子轨道线性组合方法研究了四种DNA碱基(腺嘌呤、胸腺嘧啶、胞嘧啶和鸟嘌呤)的$π$分子结构。本文讨论了DNA碱基的HOMO和LUMO波函数和能量,并计算了两个B-DNA碱基对(腺嘌呤-胸腺嘧啶和鸟嘌呤-胞嘧啶)的相应波函数。所得到的碱的HOMO和LUMO能量与实验值符合得很好。然后,我们的研究结果用于估计完整的一套相邻的基地之间的电荷转移参数,也连续的碱基对之间,考虑到它们之间的所有可能的组合,电子和空穴。计算的微观量可以用于介观理论模型的电子或空穴传输沿DNA双螺旋,因为它们提供了必要的参数紧结合的现象学描述的基础上的$π$分子重叠。我们发现空穴的跳跃参数通常比电子的跳跃参数大,这可能表明空穴沿DNA的输运比电子输运更有利。我们的研究结果也与现有的计算从第一原理。

英文摘要:

We systematically examine all the tight-binding parameters pertinent to charge transfer along DNA. The $π$ molecular structure of the four DNA bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) is investigated by using the linear combination of atomic orbitals method with a recently introduced parametrization. The HOMO and LUMO wavefunctions and energies of DNA bases are discussed and then used for calculating the corresponding wavefunctions of the two B-DNA base-pairs (adenine-thymine and guanine-cytosine). The obtained HOMO and LUMO energies of the bases are in good agreement with available experimental values. Our results are then used for estimating the complete set of charge transfer parameters between neighboring bases and also between successive base-pairs, considering all possible combinations between them, for both electrons and holes. The calculated microscopic quantities can be used in mesoscopic theoretical models of electron or hole transfer along the DNA double helix, as they provide the necessary parameters for a tight-binding phenomenological description based on the $π$ molecular overlap. We find that usually the hopping parameters for holes are higher in magnitude compared to the ones for electrons, which probably indicates that hole transport along DNA is more favorable than electron transport. Our findings are also compared with existing calculations from first principles.

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