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DNA发夹的动态力谱。I.力动力学和自由能景观

Dynamic force spectroscopy of DNA hairpins. I. Force kinetics and free energy landscapes

Alessandro Mossa, Maria Manosas, Nuria Forns, Josep Maria Huguet, Felix Ritort

摘要:

我们研究了DNA发夹结构在机械力作用下折叠/展开的热力学和动力学。我们引入了分子自由能景观的概念,并推导出简化的表达式依赖于力的Kramers-Bell率。为了验证这一理论,我们设计了一个特定的DNA发夹序列,它在机械张力下显示出两种状态的合作折叠,并使用光镊进行了拉伸实验。我们展示了我们如何可以确定的参数,这些序列的分子自由能景观的断裂力动力学研究。最后,我们结合这样的动力学研究与克鲁克斯波动关系的实验研究,推导出形成的发夹在零力的自由能。

英文摘要:

We investigate the thermodynamics and kinetics of DNA hairpins that fold/unfold under the action of applied mechanical force. We introduce the concept of the molecular free energy landscape and derive simplified expressions for the force dependent Kramers-Bell rates. To test the theory we have designed a specific DNA hairpin sequence that shows two-state cooperative folding under mechanical tension and carried out pulling experiments using optical tweezers. We show how we can determine the parameters that characterize the molecular free energy landscape of such sequence from rupture force kinetic studies. Finally we combine such kinetic studies with experimental investigations of the Crooks fluctuation relation to derive the free energy of formation of the hairpin at zero force.

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