Abstract
The results of calculations of the lowest π-electronic states of the DNA base pairs with the SCF MO LCAO method both without taking into account configuration interaction and taking into account all the singly excited configurations are presented. The first excited singlet state and the first triplet state of both pairs in a one-configurational approximation are shown to be the states where the excitation is localized on one of the bases. The calculations in a multi-configurational interaction give qualitatively the same result. The possibility of the UV irradiation-induced mutations, the mechanism of which is caused by the proton tunneling on the hydrogen bonds in DNA, is discussed. The results of calculations are compared with the proton transfer constants in the base pairs.
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