Dynamics of DNA translocation through an attractive nanopore

Details Dynamics of DNA translocation through an attractive nanopore Dynamics of DNA translocation through an attractive nanopore

2008-10-16

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2907v1

Physical Review E 78, 061911 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.78.061911

We investigate the dynamics of DNA translocation through a nanopore driven by an external force using Langevin dynamics simulations in two dimensions (2D) to study how the translocation dynamics depend on the details of the DNA sequences. We consider a coarse-grained model of DNA built from two bases $A$ and $C$, having different base-pore interactions, {\textit e.g.}, a strong (weak) attractive force between the pore and the base $A$ ($C$) inside the pore. From a series of studies on hetero-DNAs with repeat units $A_mC_n$, we find that the translocation time decreases exponentially as a function of the volume fraction $f_C$ of the base $C$. %($\epsilon_{pC} < \epsilon_{pA}$). For longer $A$ sequences with $f_C \le 0.5$, the translocation time strongly depends on the orientation of DNA, namely which base enters the pore first. Our studies clearly demonstrate that for a DNA of certain length $N$ with repeat units $A_mC_n$, the pattern exhibited by the waiting times of the individual bases and their periodicity can unambiguously determine the values of $m$, $n$ and $N$ respectively. Therefore, a prospective experimental realization of this phenomenon may lead to fast and efficient sequence detection technic.

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