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孔介电边界对DNA迁移势垒的影响

Influence of pore dielectric boundaries on the translocation barrier of DNA

Stefan Kesselheim, Marcello Sega, Christian Holm

摘要:

我们研究了介电边界力对带电荷的刚性DNA片段通过固体中性纳米孔的易位过程的影响。我们评估静电的贡献易位的自由能垒的模型DNA片段通过评估的平均力的潜力,通过粗粒度的分子动力学模拟的极化效应的存在和不存在。感应极化电荷的影响已被考虑采用ICC*,最近开发的算法,可以有效地计算感应极化电荷上适当离散的介质边界。由于水具有比孔壁更高的介电常数,极化效应排斥界面附近的带电物体,具有显著增加自由能垒的效果。另一个研究的副作用是在诱导孔电荷存在的情况下带电聚合物周围反离子分布的变化。此外,我们还研究了向溶液中加入盐的影响。

英文摘要:

We investigate the impact of dielectric boundary forces on the translocation process of charged rigid DNA segments through solid neutral nanopores. We assess the electrostatic contribution to the translocation free energy barrier of a model DNA segment by evaluating the potential of mean force in absence and presence of polarization effects by means of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. The effect of induced polarization charges has been taken into account by employing ICC*, a recently developed algorithm that can efficiently compute induced polarization charges induced on suitably discretized dielectric boundaries. Since water has a higher dielectric constant than the pore walls, polarization effects repel charged objects in the vicinity of the interface, with the effect of significantly increasing the free energy barrier. Another investigated side effect is the change of the counterion distribution around the charged polymer in presence of the induced pore charges. Furthermore we investigate the influence of adding salt to the solution.

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