Research Article

Site-Selective Artificial Ribonucleases: Oligonucleotide Conjugates Containing Multiple Imidazole Residues in the Catalytic Domain

Table 2

Distances between active centers of the conjugates B-Im(4/m) and RNA target atoms.

MoleculeFinal structureEnergy (kcal/mol)ΔE (kcal/mol)Dist. Pair 1(E)Dist. Pair 2(E)
for O1for O2Im1-OH(a)Im2-OP(b)Im1-OHIm2-OP

M-Im(4/1)F1- Im(4/1)47.318.2136.211.426.621
F2- Im(4/1)66.737.632.46.214.321.122.9
F3- Im(4/1)48.319.214.06.616.323.033.9
F4- Im(4/1)28.6−0.6−5.87.17.02.97.5
F5- Im(4/1)60.231.125.97.517.211.811.5
F6- Im(4/1)42.613.58.312.8923.113.4
F7- Im(4/1)54.925.820.511.912.715.725.9
F8- Im(4/1)47.318.213.07.315.024.821.0
F9- Im(4/1)49.820.715.510.717.016.523.7
O1- Im(4/1)29.13.03.012.923.1
O2- Im(4/1)34.323.525.73.23.3

M-Im(4/2a)F1- Im(4/2a)−6.7−4.3−5.812.425.126.419.8
F2- Im(4/2a)24.026.324.823.115.623.234.8
F3- Im(4/2a)0.52.91.421.111.621.319.8
F4- Im(4/2a)9.712.010.56.415.823.327.8
F5- Im(4/2a)1.74.02.55.610.121.626.7
F6- Im(4/2a)23.425.824.326.130.616.28.6
F7- Im(4/2a)23.425.824.326.130.616.28.6
F8- Im(4/2a)0.52.91.421.211.624.417.4
F9- Im(4/2a)13.315.614.114.418.428.227.8
O1- Im(4/2a)−2.43.173.020.133.7
O2- Im(4/2a)−0.917.717.63.03.2

M-Im(4/2b)F1- Im(4/2b)−4.76.9−16.223.715.921.419.9
F2- Im(4/2b)−17.9−6.3−29.330.932.721.930.7
F3- Im(4/2b)−17.8−6.2−29.227.636.025.921.9
F4- Im(4/2b)0.111.7−11.35.323.314.514.3
F5- Im(4/2b)−9.12.5−20.521.126.223.525.8
F6- Im(4/2b)0.111.7−11.318.59.211.319.7
F7- Im(4/2b)0.111.7−11.318.59.211.319.7
F8- Im(4/2b)−6.74.9−18.19.010.620.723.3
F9- Im(4/2b)−2.59.1−13.914.930.427.931.8
O1-Type3−11.63.13.013.414.9
O2-Type311.425.227.23.03.0

(a)Im1-OH represents the distance between N1 of one of the imidazole residues and the 2′OH group of C63.
(b)Im2-OP represents the distance between N1 of the other imidazole residue and the oxygen of the phosphate group connecting C63 and A64.