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ArticleScientific reports2017

Evaluating the role of coherent delocalized phonon-like modes in DNA cyclization.

Ludmil B Alexandrov, Kim Ø Rasmussen, Alan R Bishop, Boian S Alexandrov

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Ludmil B AlexandrovTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3596-4515
Kim Ø RasmussenTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, United States of America.
Alan R BishopTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, United States of America.
Boian S AlexandrovTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, United States of America. boian@lanl.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-8636-4603
Los Alamos National Laboratory · US

Funding

WOMEN'S CANCERS RESEARCH PROGRAMP30CA118100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Yolanda Sanchez · 2005 to 2026
$57.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA118100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The innate flexibility of a DNA sequence is quantified by the Jacobson-Stockmayer's J-factor, which measures the propensity for DNA loop formation. Recent studies of ultra-short DNA sequences revealed a discrepancy of up to six orders of magnitude between experimentally measured and theoretically predicted J-factors. These large differences suggest that, in addition to the elastic moduli of the double helix, other factors contribute to loop formation. Here, we develop a new theoretical model that explores how coherent delocalized phonon-like modes in DNA provide single-stranded "flexible hinges" to assist in loop formation. We combine the Czapla-Swigon-Olson structural model of DNA with our extended Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model and, without changing any of the parameters of the two models, apply this new computational framework to 86 experimentally characterized DNA sequences. Our results demonstrate that the new computational framework can predict J-factors within an order of magnitude of experimental measurements for most ultra-short DNA sequences, while continuing to accurately describe the J-factors of longer sequences. Further, we demonstrate that our computational framework can be used to describe the cyclization of DNA sequences that contain a base pair mismatch. Overall, our results support the conclusion that coherent delocalized phonon-like modes play an important role in DNA cyclization.

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Models, ChemicalNucleic Acid ConformationPhononsAlgorithmsBase PairingBase SequenceCyclizationDNADNA

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PMID28851939
PMCPMC5575098
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