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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

MrDNA: a multi-resolution model for predicting the structure and dynamics of DNA systems.

Christopher Maffeo, Aleksei Aksimentiev

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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2 authors.

Christopher MaffeoDepartment of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Aleksei AksimentievDepartment of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

Funding

WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41GM104601 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2012 to 2021
$19.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM104601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the field of structural DNA nanotechnology has been advancing with an astonishing pace, de novo design of complex 3D nanostructures and functional devices remains a laborious and time-consuming process. One reason for that is the need for multiple cycles of experimental characterization to elucidate the effect of design choices on the actual shape and function of the self-assembled objects. Here, we demonstrate a multi-resolution simulation framework, mrdna, that, in 30 min or less, can produce an atomistic-resolution structure of a self-assembled DNA nanosystem. We demonstrate fidelity of our mrdna framework through direct comparison of the simulation results with the results of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruction of multiple 3D DNA origami objects. Furthermore, we show that our approach can characterize an ensemble of conformations adopted by dynamic DNA nanostructures, the equilibrium structure and dynamics of DNA objects constructed using off-lattice self-assembly principles, i.e. wireframe DNA objects, and to study the properties of DNA objects under a variety of environmental conditions, such as applied electric field. Implemented as an open source Python package, our framework can be extended by the community and integrated with DNA design and molecular graphics tools.

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Computer SimulationModels, MolecularCryoelectron MicroscopyDNANanostructuresNucleic Acid ConformationDNA

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PMID32232413
PMCPMC7229838

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