Puf proteins bind RNA sequence specifically and regulate translation and stability of target
mRNAs. A “code” for RNA recognition has been deduced from crystal structures of the Puf …

Motivation: The recognition of specific RNA sequences and structures by proteins is critical
to our understanding of RNA processing, gene expression and viral replication. The diversity …

Histone proteins protect cellular DNA from radiation damage. We find that arginine, a major
component of histone proteins, protects DNA from lesions induced by low-energy secondary …

MP2/6-31G∗(0.25) gas-phase potential energy surfaces of stacked dimers between the four
aromatic amino acids and the natural (DNA or RNA) nucleobases were considered as a …

A central difficulty facing study of the origin of life on Earth is evaluating the relevance of
different proposed prebiotic scenarios. Perhaps the most established feature of the origin of …

Ab initio quantum-chemical study of specific point contacts of replisome proteins with DNA
modeled by acetic acid with canonical and mutagenic tautomers of DNA bases methylated …

Despite the great importance of nucleic acid–protein interactions in the cell, our
understanding of their physico-chemical basis remains incomplete. In order to address this …

We have synthesized a novel family of metal–organic chains based on 4-nitro-1 H-pyrazole
linker and zinc as metal center. We report the formation of these coordination polymers …

Coordination polymers containing paddle-wheel shaped building units of general formula
[Cu2 (μ-adeninato) 2 (μ-carboxylato) 2](1–3) and [Cu2 (μ-carboxylato) 4 (methyladenine) …

Protein–DNA interactions are vital for many processes in living cells, especially
transcriptional regulation and DNA modification. To further our understanding of these …