This PCCP article highlights the role of the HgII—HgII metallophilic attraction between the consecutive metal-mediated mismatched base pairs of nucleic acids.
Considering the richness of the metallophilic-attraction-driven structures in the solid
state, the authors forsee this as an important role in the future design of
metal-containing nucleic acids and molecular wires.
On the role of mercury in the non-covalent stabilisation of consecutive U–HgII–U metal-mediated nucleic acid base pairs: metallophilic attraction enters the world of nucleic acids
Ladislav Benda, Michal Straka, Yoshiyuki Tanaka and Vladimír Sychrovský
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01534B
