Abstract
The purpose of this work is to show that the selectivity of the nucleotide bases in RNA transcription c an be inferred, in principle, from the DNA base pair - RNA base interaction. The catalytic role of enzymes in this process is, therefore, only to form the sugar - phosphate backbone. A systematic study for the evaluation of the interaction energy of the DNA base pair with the enterant RNA bases have been undertaken to elucidate the aforesaid mechanism. Electrostatic hard sphere approximation of Nash and Bradley 1 has been employed. Non bonded induced dipole and London dispersion forces are not taken into account. The present communication gives the results of computations of the interaction energy of the four RNA bases. The results have been discussed with reference to Stent's and Zubay's schemes of RNA transcription.
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