Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of DNA Nanopore Unzipping

Using theory and simulations, we carried out a first systematic characterization of DNA unzipping via nanopore translocation. Starting from partially unzipped states, we found three dynamical regimes depending on the applied force f: (i) heterogeneous DNA retraction and rezipping (f<17  pN), (ii) normal (17  pN<f<60  pN), and (iii) anomalous (f>60  pN) drift-diffusive behavior. We show that the normal drift-diffusion regime can be effectively modeled as a one-dimensional stochastic process in a tilted periodic potential. We use the theory of stochastic processes to recover the potential from nonequilibrium unzipping trajectories and show that it corresponds to the free-energy landscape for single-base-pair unzipping. Applying this general approach to other single-molecule systems with periodic potentials ought to yield detailed free-energy landscapes from out-of-equilibrium trajectories.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:130

Enthalten in:

Physical review letters - 130(2023), 4 vom: 27. Jan., Seite 048101

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suma, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Carnevale, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Micheletti, Cristian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
DNA
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Date Completed 14.02.2023

Date Revised 14.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.048101

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352731826