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用单分子束缚粒子运动探测DNA中的无标记局部弯曲

Probing a label-free local bend in DNA by single-molecule Tethered Particle Motion

Annaël Brunet, Sébastien Chevalier, Nicolas Destainville, Manoel Manghi, Philippe Rousseau, Maya Salhi, Laurence Salomé, Catherine Tardin

摘要:

能够表征DNA局部弯曲对于彻底理解许多生物过程是必不可少的,因为它们涉及双螺旋轴的局部弯曲,无论是序列固有的还是由蛋白质结合引起的。开发一种不干扰DNA本身或DNA-蛋白质复合物构象的DNA弯曲角测量方法是一项具有挑战性的任务。在这里,我们提出了一个联合的理论实验高吞吐量的方法来严格测量这种弯曲角度,使用系留粒子运动(TPM)技术。通过仔细建模的TPM几何形状,我们提出了一个简单的公式的基础上扭结蠕虫状链模型提取的弯曲角度从TPM测量。使用由575个碱基对DNA与1至7个6A-束的同相组装体制成的构建体,我们发现序列CA 6CGG诱导19 [4] °的弯曲角。我们的方法是成功地比较理论上更复杂或实验侵入性的,如环化,NMR,FRET或AFM。我们进一步将我们的程序应用于文献中的TPM测量,并证明蛋白质诱导的弯曲角度,如整合宿主因子(IHF)也可以可靠地评估。

英文摘要:

Being capable of characterizing DNA local bending is essential to understand thoroughly many biological processes because they involve a local bending of the double helix axis, either intrinsic to the sequence or induced by the binding of proteins. Developing a method to measure DNA bend angles that does not perturb the conformation of the DNA itself or the DNA-protein complex is a challenging task. Here, we propose a joint theory-experiment high throughput approach to rigorously measure such bend angles using the Tethered Particle Motion (TPM) technique. By carefully modeling the TPM geometry, we propose a simple formula based on a kinked Worm-Like Chain model to extract the bend angle from TPM measurements. Using constructs made of 575 base-pair DNAs with in-phase assemblies of 1 to 7 6A-tracts, we find that the sequence CA6CGG induces a bend angle of 19 [4] °. Our method is successfully compared to more theoretically complex or experimentally invasive ones such as cyclization, NMR, FRET or AFM. We further apply our procedure to TPM measurements from the literature and demonstrate that the angles of bends induced by proteins, such as Integration Host Factor (IHF) can be reliably evaluated as well.

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