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强DNA弯曲II的粗粒度建模:环化

Coarse-grained modelling of strong DNA bending II: Cyclization

Ryan M. Harrison, Flavio Romano, Thomas E. Ouldridge, Ard A. Louis, Jonathan P. K. Doye

摘要:

DNA环化是深入了解DNA弯曲本质的一种强大技术。蠕虫状链模型提供了一个很好的描述小到中度的弯曲波动,但强烈弯曲较短的分子的一些实验表明,增强的灵活性超过预期的蠕虫状链。在这里,我们使用一个粗粒度的DNA模型来研究小于210个碱基对的分子的DNA环化的热力学。随着分子变短,我们发现我们计算的平衡j因子与Shimada和Yamakawa的蠕虫状链预测之间的偏差越来越大。这些偏差是由于尖锐扭结造成的,首先是在刻痕处,随后才是在双链体中。在最短的长度,大量的磨损两端的双重域是主要的方法放松。我们还估计动态J-因子在最近的FRET实验中测量。我们发现,动态J-因子是系统大于其平衡对应,与偏差较大的较短的分子,因为不是所有的应力存在于完全环化状态是存在于过渡态。这些观察结果对于解释最近的实验很重要,因为只有双链体体内的扭结才真正表明非蠕虫状链行为。

英文摘要:

DNA cyclization is a powerful technique to gain insight into the nature of DNA bending. The worm-like chain model provides a good description of small to moderate bending fluctuations, but some experiments on strongly-bent shorter molecules suggest enhanced flexibility over and above that expected from the worm-like chain. Here, we use a coarse-grained model of DNA to investigate the thermodynamics of DNA cyclization for molecules with less than 210 base pairs. As the molecules get shorter we find increasing deviations between our computed equilibrium j-factor and the worm-like chain predictions of Shimada and Yamakawa. These deviations are due to sharp kinking, first at nicks, and only subsequently in the body of the duplex. At the shortest lengths, substantial fraying at the ends of duplex domains is the dominant method of relaxation. We also estimate the dynamic j-factor measured in recent FRET experiments. We find that the dynamic j-factor is systematically larger than its equilibrium counterpart, with the deviation larger for shorter molecules, because not all the stress present in the fully cyclized state is present in the transition state. These observations are important for the interpretation of recent experiments, as only kinking within the body of the duplex is genuinely indicative of non-worm-like chain behaviour.

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