Abstract
Fullerenes have attracted considerable attention due to their unique chemical structure and potential applications which has
opened wide venues for possible human exposure to various fullerene types. Therefore, in depth knowledge of how fullerene may
interfere with various cellular processes becomes quite imperative. The present study was designed to investigate how the
presence of fullerene affect the binding of DNA with different enzymes involved in replication process. Different fullerenes were
first docked with DNA and then binding scores of different enzymes was analyzed with fullerene docked DNA. C30, C40 & C50
once docked with DNA, reduced the binding score of primase, whereas no significant change in the binding score was observed
with the helicase, ssb protein, dna pol δ, dna pol ε, ligase, DNA clamp, and topoisomerases. On the contrast, the binding score of
RPA14 decreases in fluctuating manner while interacting with increasing molecular weight of fullerene bound single-stranded
DNA complex. The study revealed the affect of fullerene family interacting with DNA on the binding pattern of enzymes involved
in replication process. Study suggests that the presence of most of fullerenes may not affect the activity of these enzymes necessary
for replication process whereas C30, C40 & C50 may disrupt the activity of primase, (strating point for DNA polymerase) its
docking score decreases from 13820 to 10702.