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DNA中变性气泡的缓慢闭合:扭曲问题

Slow closure of denaturation bubbles in DNA: twist matters

Anil Kumar Dasanna, Nicolas Destainville, John Palmeri, Manoel Manghi

摘要:

利用布朗动力学模拟研究了DNA中长平衡变性泡的闭合。使用最小介观模型,其中双螺旋由两个相互作用的珠-弹簧自由旋转链组成,在双链状态下具有非零扭转模量,$κ_ϕ=$ 200至300 kT。对于长度为N=40 ~ 100 bp的DNA,在其中间有一个大的初始泡,其闭合时间为0.1 ~ 100微秒,泡从两端开始缠绕,直到达到10 bp的亚稳态。最终的闭合受到三种竞争机制的限制,这取决于$κ_ϕ$和N:臂扩散直到它们对齐,气泡沿着DNA扩散直到到达一端,或局部Kramers过程(跨越扭转能垒)。对于夹紧端或长DNA,封闭通过后一种温度激活机制发生,首次与实验产生良好的定量一致性。

英文摘要:

The closure of long equilibrated denaturation bubbles in DNA is studied using Brownian dynamics simulations. A minimal mesoscopic model is used where the double-helix is made of two interacting bead-spring freely rotating strands, with a non-zero torsional modulus in the duplex state, $κ_ϕ=$200 to 300 kT. For DNAs of lengths N=40 to 100 base-pairs (bps) with a large initial bubble in their middle, long closure times of 0.1 to 100 microseconds are found. The bubble starts winding from both ends until it reaches a 10 bp metastable state. The final closure is limited by three competing mechanisms depending on $κ_ϕ$ and N: arms diffusion until their alignment, bubble diffusion along the DNA until one end is reached, or local Kramers process (crossing over a torsional energy barrier). For clamped ends or long DNAs, the closure occurs via this latter temperature activated mechanism, yielding for the first time a good quantitative agreement with experiments.

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