Ultrafast excitonic dynamics in DNA: Bridging correlated quantum dynamics and sequence dependence

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16892v1
• Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 18:24:58 GMT
• Title: Ultrafast excitonic dynamics in DNA: Bridging correlated quantum dynamics and sequence dependence
• Authors: D. Herb, M. Rossini and J. Ankerhold
• Abstract summary: We show that a tight-binding approach allows to correlate relaxation properties, average charge separation, and dipole moments to a large ensemble of DNA sequences. By systematically screening the impact of electron-hole interaction (Coulomb forces), we verify that these correlations are relatively robust against finite-size variations of the interaction parameter.
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• Abstract: After photo-excitation of DNA, the excited electron (in the LUMO) and the remaining hole (in the HOMO) localized on the same DNA base form a bound pair, called the Frenkel exciton, due to their mutual Coulomb interaction. In this study, we demonstrate that a tight-binding (TB) approach, parametrized by ab initio data, allows to correlate relaxation properties, average charge separation, and dipole moments to a large ensemble of double-stranded DNA sequences (all 16,384 possible sequences with 14 nucleobases). This way, we are able to identify a relatively small sub-ensemble of sequences responsible for long-lived excited states, high average charge separation, and high dipole moment. Further analysis shows that these sequences are particularly T-rich. By systematically screening the impact of electron-hole interaction (Coulomb forces), we verify that these correlations are relatively robust against finite-size variations of the interaction parameter, not directly accessible experimentally. This methodology combines simulation methods from quantum physics and physical chemistry with statistical analysis known from genetics and epigenetics, thus representing a powerful bridge to combine information from both fields.

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