Surface electrostatic potential of () uBP, () ψBP major groove () ψBP minor groove in which only a −0

Copyright information:Taken from "Recognition of the spliceosomal branch site RNA helix on the basis of surface and electrostatic features"Nucleic Acids Research 2005;33(4):1154-1161.Published online 23 Feb 2005PMCID:PMC549433.© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved5 charge was placed on each nonbridging phosphate oxygen. The atomic radii were taken from the AMBER94 force field. Here, the electrostatic potential is negative over the whole molecular surface with yellow (−3 kcal/mol/), red, white, blue and green (−1 kcal/mol/) going from most negative to least negative potential. The calculation was carried out using the hybrid PBE approach as described in the Methods.