A Model of Sequence Dependent Protein Diffusion Along Dna

Details A Model of Sequence Dependent Protein Diffusion Along Dna A Model of Sequence Dependent Protein Diffusion Along Dna

2001-12-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0112007v2

Physics

Biological Physics

14 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Biophysical Journal

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We introduce a probabilistic model for protein sliding motion along DNA during the search of a target sequence. The model accounts for possible effects due to sequence-dependent interaction between the nonspecific DNA and the protein. As an example, we focus on T7 RNA-polymerase and exploit the available information about its interaction at the promoter site in order to investigate the influence of bacteriophage T7 DNA sequence on the dynamics of the sliding process. Hydrogen bonds in the major groove are used as the main sequence-dependent interaction between RNA-polymerase and DNA. The resulting dynamical properties and the possibility of an experimental verification are discussed in details. We show that, while at large times the process reaches a pure diffusive regime, it initially displays a sub-diffusive behavior. The subdiffusive regime can lasts sufficiently long to be of biological interest.

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