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移位RNA分子热涨落的振幅和频谱

Amplitude and Frequency Spectrum of Thermal Fluctuations of A Translocating RNA Molecule

Henk Vocks, Debabrata Panja, Gerard T. Barkema

摘要:

使用理论和计算机模拟的结合,我们研究了RNA分子的易位,通过光学镊子拉过固态纳米孔,作为确定其二级结构的方法。可以确定二级结构的元素的分辨率受到热波动的限制。我们提出了一个详细的研究,这些热波动,包括频谱,并表明,这些排除了单核苷酸分辨率下,我们模拟的实验条件。提高这种分辨率的两种可能的方法是用跨膜的回拉电压强拉伸RNA,以及通过生物化学手段使RNA的易位部分变硬。

英文摘要:

Using a combination of theory and computer simulations, we study the translocation of an RNA molecule, pulled through a solid-state nanopore by an optical tweezer, as a method to determine its secondary structure. The resolution with which the elements of the secondary structure can be determined is limited by thermal fluctuations. We present a detailed study of these thermal fluctuations, including the frequency spectrum, and show that these rule out single-nucleotide resolution under the experimental conditions which we simulated. Two possible ways to improve this resolution are strong stretching of the RNA with a back-pulling voltage across the membrane, and stiffening of the translocated part of the RNA by biochemical means.

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