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The distribution of the electrostatic field of yeast tRNAPheis calculated on an envelope surrounding the macromolecule and compared with the corresponding distribution of the electrostatic potential. It is demonstrated that, whereas the strongest potentials of the macromolecule are concentrated at the center of its three dimensional structure, the strongest fields are found all along its phosphodiester backbone, associated with the anionic oxygens of the phosphates. It is further shown that the binding of counterions to the macromolecule has very different effects on the resulting potentials and fields.
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Lavery, R., Pullman, A. (1983). The MCM (Most Complicated Molecule) in Today’s Quantum, Chemistry : tRNAPhe. Molecular Potential Versus Molecular Field. In: Löwdin, PO., Pullman, B. (eds) New Horizons of Quantum Chemistry. International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7950-5_28
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