Abstract
The molecular electrostatic potential of yeast tRNAPhe is calculated at sites bridging the anionic oxygens of each of the 76 phosphate groups of the molecule. A quantitative measure of the steric accessibility of the anionic oxygens of the phosphates toward a spherical cation is presented. Both the resulting potentials and accessibilities are discussed in terms of the molecular and electronic structure of tRNA.
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Lavery, R., Pullman, A. & Pullman, B. The electrostatic molecular potential of yeast tRNAPhe. III. The molecular potential and the steric acessibility associated with the phosphate groups. Theoret. Chim. Acta 57, 233–243 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00554104
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