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蠕虫链理论与短DNA的弯曲

The Worm-Like Chain Theory And Bending Of Short DNA

Alexey K. Mazur

摘要:

将全原子分子动力学模拟得到的双螺旋DNA弯曲角的概率分布与理论预测进行了比较。计算的分布显着同意蠕虫状链理论的双螺旋的一个螺旋圈和更长的时间,和定性不同的半弹性链模型的预测。计算的数据在短DNA的表观柔性中仅表现出小的异常,并且不能解释最近报道的AFM数据(Wiggins等人,Nature nanotechnology 1,137(2006))。目前的原子论DNA模型可能忽略了DNA在中等长度尺度上弯曲的一些基本机制。弯曲的DNA结构的分析表明,然而,弯曲运动是结构上的异质性和方向各向异性的中间长度尺度的实验异常被检测到。这些效应对于解释实验数据是必不可少的,它们也可能是造成明显差异的原因。

英文摘要:

The probability distributions for bending angles in double helical DNA obtained in all-atom molecular dynamics simulations are compared with theoretical predictions. The computed distributions remarkably agree with the worm-like chain theory for double helices of one helical turn and longer, and qualitatively differ from predictions of the semi-elastic chain model. The computed data exhibit only small anomalies in the apparent flexibility of short DNA and cannot account for the recently reported AFM data (Wiggins et al, Nature nanotechnology 1, 137 (2006)). It is possible that the current atomistic DNA models miss some essential mechanisms of DNA bending on intermediate length scales. Analysis of bent DNA structures reveals, however, that the bending motion is structurally heterogeneous and directionally anisotropic on the intermediate length scales where the experimental anomalies were detected. These effects are essential for interpretation of the experimental data and they also can be responsible for the apparent discrepancy.

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