Impact of RNA Melting on Hydrating Water Structure Mapped by Femtosecond 2D-IR Spectroscopy
arXiv:2109.00500 · doi:10.1364/UP.2020.M2A.1
Abstract
We discern hydration geometries around the sugar-phosphate-backbone of an RNA double helix at the molecular level. RNA disordering upon melting is connected with a transition from ordered water structures towards local phosphate group hydration shells.