Complex kinetics of DNA condensation revealed through DNA twist tracing

Toroid formation is an important mechanism for DNA condensation in cells. The length change during DNA condensation was investigated in previous single-molecule experiments. However, DNA twist is key to understanding the topological kinetics of DNA condensation. In this study, DNA twist as well as DNA length was traced during the DNA condensation by the freely orbiting magnetic tweezers and the tilted magnetic tweezers combined with Brownian dynamics simulations. The experimental results disclose the complex relationship between DNA extension and backbone rotation. Brownian dynamics simulations show that the toroid formation follows a wiggling pathway which leads to the complex DNA backbone rotation as revealed in our experiments. These findings provide the complete description of multivalent cation-dependent DNA toroid formation under tension.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:92

Enthalten in:

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics - 92(2015), 2 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 022707

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Wei Juan [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Ci Ji [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Hai-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Peng-Ye [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

9007-49-2
9013-20-1
DNA
Digoxigenin
Journal Article
NQ1SX9LNAU
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Streptavidin

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.06.2016

Date Revised 19.09.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM252873564