Calculation of configurational entropy change on ligand binding with DNA minor groove
Keywords:
minor groove, degrees of freedom, internal rotation, configurational entropyAbstract
Calculation of change of energetic equivalents of translational, rotational, vibrational degrees of freedom
and internal rotation (rotamery) for 10 ligands on their complexation with minor groove of doublestranded DNA was performed by molecular modeling methods. It is shown that the loss of translational,
rotational and high-frequency vibrational (vibrations of chemical bonds) degrees of freedom is
considerably energetically unfavorable. At the same time, the residual low-frequency vibrations in the
complex considerably stabilize it. The contribution of conformational entropy due to rotamery is
insignificant and does not exceed 2 kcal/mol.
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