Dimerization Energetics of DNA Minor Groove Binders
Journal: Ukrainian Journal of Physics
Year: 2014

The energy analysis of a dimerization in aqueous solutions of seven biologically active lexitropsins, which are different by structure, was carried out with the use of the molecular simulation method. The main stabilization of dimers was shown to take place owing to hydrophobic and intermolecular van der Waals interactions. The latter are mainly associated with energy-favorable contacts between the aromatic rings of molecules and their peptide groups. Despite the significant dipole moments of th