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ArticleScientific reports2016

Electrical Stimulus Controlled Binding/Unbinding of Human Thrombin-Aptamer Complex.

Agnivo Gosai, Xiao Ma, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Pranav Shrotriya

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Agnivo GosaiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Xiao MaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Ganesh BalasubramanianDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Pranav ShrotriyaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.

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Abstract

The binding/unbinding of the human thrombin and its 15-mer single stranded DNA aptamer, under the application of external stimulus in the form of electrostatic potential/electric field, is investigated by a combination of continuum analysis and atomistic molecular dynamics simulation. In agreement with the experiments that demonstrate the influence of electrostatic potential on the thrombin/aptamer complex, our computations show that the application of positive electric field successfully unbinds the thrombin from the aptamer. Results from umbrella sampling simulations reveal that there is a decrease in the free energy of binding between the thrombin and aptamer in presence of positive electric fields. Hydrogen bonding and non-bonded interaction energies, and hence the free energy of binding, between the thrombin and its aptamer reduce as the applied electric field is shifted from negative to positive values. Our analyses demonstrate that application of electrical stimulus modifies the molecular interactions within the complex and consequently, electrical field can be used to modulate the association between the thrombin and its aptamer.

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Aptamers, NucleotideCrystallography, X-RayDNA, Single-StrandedElectric StimulationElectrodesHumansHydrogen BondingMolecular Dynamics SimulationStatic ElectricityThermodynamicsThrombinAptamers, NucleotideDNA, Single-StrandedThrombinthrombin aptamer

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PMID27874042
PMCPMC5118750

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