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通过预拉伸polymer减少易位时间的变化

Reducing the variance in the translocation times by pre-stretching the polymer

Hendrick W. de Haan, David Sean, Gary W. Slater

摘要:

进行聚合物易位的朗之万动力学模拟,其中聚合物通过在易位之前和期间施加在第一个和最后一个单体上的两个相反的力拉伸。在该设置中,通过在两个拉力之间施加偏压来实现聚合物移位,使得存在朝向\textit{trans}侧的净位移。在预拉伸力的影响下,伸长的聚合物系综与未拉伸的系综相比包含较少的构象变化。模拟表明,这种减少的传播在初始构象产生减少的变化,在易位时间相对于平均易位时间。探索这种效果的不同比例的热波动的幅度驱动力,以控制由聚合物采样的热路径的相对影响。由于易位时间的变化是由于来自采样热噪声和初始构象的贡献,我们的模拟提供了对两个主要噪声源的独立控制,并使我们能够阐明它们如何有助于易位动力学。实验相关的条件被突出显示,并显示对应于易位时间的传播的显着减少,从而表明在易位之前拉伸DNA可以帮助基于纳米孔的测序和尺寸应用。

英文摘要:

Langevin Dynamics simulations of polymer translocation are performed where the polymer is stretched via two opposing forces applied on the first and last monomer before and during translocation. In this setup, polymer translocation is achieved by imposing a bias between the two pulling forces such that there is net displacement towards the \textit{trans}-side. Under the influence of pre-stretching forces, the elongated polymer ensemble contains less variations in conformations compared to an unstretched ensemble. Simulations demonstrate that this reduced spread in initial conformations yields a reduced variation in translocations times relative to the mean translocation time. This effect is explored for different ratios of the amplitude of thermal fluctuations to driving forces to control for the relative influence of the thermal path sampled by the polymer. Since the variance in translocation times is due to contributions coming from sampling both thermal noise and initial conformations, our simulations offer independent control over the two main sources of noise, and allow us to shed light on how they both contribute to translocation dynamics. Experimentally relevant conditions are highlighted and shown to correspond to a significant decrease in the spread of translocation times, thus indicating that stretching DNA prior to translocation could assist in nanopore-based sequencing and sizing applications.

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