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单链DNA的拉伸:结构转变的证据

Stretching of a single-stranded DNA: Evidence for structural transition

Garima Mishra, Debaprasad Giri, Sanjay Kumar

摘要:

最近的实验表明,仅由腺嘌呤[poly(dA)]组成的单链DNA(ssDNA)的力-延伸(F-x)曲线与胸腺嘧啶[poly(dT)]显著不同。在这里,我们表明,基地堆积相互作用是不足以描述的F-x曲线中看到的实验。减少反应坐标所产生的螺旋形成在低力和增加的连续磷酸盐之间的距离在拉伸状态下的非堆叠基地在高力在所提出的模型,定性地再现实验观察到的功能。F-x曲线中的多步平台是ssDNA结构变化的标志。

英文摘要:

Recent experiments have shown that the force-extension (F-x) curve for single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) consisting only of adenine [poly(dA)] is significantly different from thymine [poly(dT)]. Here, we show that the base stacking interaction is not sufficient to describe the F-x curves as seen in the experiments. A reduction in the reaction co-ordinate arising from the formation of helix at low forces and an increase in the distance between consecutive phosphates of unstacked bases in the stretched state at high force in the proposed model, qualitatively reproduces the experimentally observed features. The multi-step plateau in the F-x curve is a signature of structural change in ssDNA.

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