A detailed understanding of the physical mechanism of ion-mediated dsDNA interactions is important in biological functions such as DNA packaging and homologous pairing. We report the potential of mean force (PMF) or the effective solvent mediated interactions between two parallel identical dsDNAs as a function of interhelical separation in 0.15 M NaCl solution. Here, we study the influence of flexibility of dsDNAs on the effective interactions by comparing PMFs between rigid models and flexible ones. The role of flexibility of dsDNA pairs in their association is elucidated by studying the energetic properties of Na ions as well as the fluctuations of ions around dsDNAs. The introduction of flexibility of dsDNAs softens the vdW contact wall and induces more counterion fluctuations around dsDNAs. In addition, flexibility facilitates the Na ions dynamics affecting their distribution. The results quantify the extent of attraction influenced by dsDNA flexibility and further emphasize the importance of non-continuum solvation approaches.
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