Local RNA Structure, Ion Hydration Shell and the Energy Barrier for Water Exchange from the Ion Hydration Shell Determine the Mechanism of Ion Condensation on Specific RNA Sites
A. Halder, S. Kumar, S. Habibullah, G. Reddy
The paper investigates how local RNA structure, ion hydration shell arrangement, and energy barriers influence metal ion binding to RNA, focusing on a riboswitch aptamer domain.
bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2022Biophysics