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DNA-蛋白质相互作用和易化扩散动力学模型的比较

Comparison of kinetic and dynamical models of DNA-protein interaction and facilitated diffusion

Ana-Maria Florescu, Marc Joyeux

摘要:

长期以来,人们一直认为,蛋白质如转录因子可以在DNA序列中以超过三维扩散极限几个数量级的速率定位它们的靶,这要归功于易化扩散,即一维(沿着DNA滑动)和三维扩散的组合。多年来,这一说法得到了几种质量作用动力学模型的支持,而我们最近提出的动力学模型(J.Chem.Phys.130,015103(2009))表明,由于易化扩散而导致的靶向加速不可能很大。为了解决这一明显的矛盾,我们进行了额外的模拟,以比较我们的模型获得的结果与Klenin等人的动力学模型获得的结果(Phys. Rev. Letters 96,018104(2006))。在本文中,我们表明,这两个模型实际上相互支持,并同意在预测一个低效率的促进扩散。将这些结果外推到真实系统中甚至表明,与三维扩散相比,易化扩散必然会减慢靶向过程。

英文摘要:

It has long been asserted that proteins like transcription factors may locate their target in DNA sequences at rates that surpass by several orders of magnitude the three-dimensional diffusion limit thank to facilitated diffusion, that is the combination of one-dimensional (sliding along the DNA) and three-dimensional diffusion. This claim has been supported along the years by several mass action kinetic models, while the dynamical model we proposed recently (J. Chem. Phys. 130, 015103 (2009)) suggests that acceleration of targeting due to facilitated diffusion cannot be large. In order to solve this apparent contradiction, we performed additional simulations to compare the results obtained with our model to those obtained with the kinetic model of Klenin et al (Phys. Rev. Letters 96, 018104 (2006)). We show in this paper that the two models actually support each other and agree in predicting a low efficiency for facilitated diffusion. Extrapolation of these results to real systems even indicates that facilitated diffusion necessarily slows down the targeting process compared to three-dimensional diffusion.

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