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Kriegel, F.* ; Matek, C. ; Dršata, T.* ; Kulenkampff, K.* ; Tschirpke, S.* ; Zacharias, M.* ; Lankaš, F.* ; Lipfert, J.*

The temperature dependence of the helical twist of DNA.

Nucleic Acids Res. 46, 7998-8009 (2018)
Verlagsversion Forschungsdaten DOI PMC
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DNA is the carrier of all cellular genetic information and increasingly used in nanotechnology. Quantitative understanding and optimization of its functions requires precise experimental characterization and accurate modeling of DNA properties. A defining feature of DNA is its helicity. DNA unwinds with increasing temperature, even for temperatures well below the melting temperature. However, accurate quanti-tation of DNA unwinding under external forces and a microscopic understanding of the corresponding structural changes are currently lacking. Here we combine single-molecule magnetic tweezers measurements with atomistic molecular dynamics and coarse-grained simulations to obtain a comprehensive view of the temperature dependence of DNA twist. Experimentally, we find that DNA twist changes by Tw(T) = (−11.0 ± 1.2)◦/(◦C·kbp), independent of applied force, in the range of forces where torque-induced melting is negligible. Our atomistic simulations predict Tw(T) = (−11.1 ± 0.3)◦/(◦C·kbp), in quantitative agreement with experiments, and suggest that the untwisting of DNA with temperature is predominantly due to changes in DNA structure for defined backbone substates, while the effects of changes in substate populations are minor. Coarse-grained simulations using the oxDNA framework yield a value of Tw(T) = (−6.4 ± 0.2)◦/(◦C·kbp) in semi-quantitative agreement with experiments.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Schlagwörter Molecular-dynamics Simulations; Double-stranded Dna; Magnetic Torque Tweezers; B-dna; Nucleic-acids; Supercoiled Dna; Base-pair; Mechanical-properties; Torsional Stiffness; Probing Allostery
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0305-1048
e-ISSN 1362-4962
Zeitschrift Nucleic Acids Research
Quellenangaben Band: 46, Heft: 15, Seiten: 7998-8009 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Oxford University Press
Verlagsort Great Clarendon St, Oxford Ox2 6dp, England
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)