Femtonewton Forces Can Control Protein-Meditated DNA Looping

Details Femtonewton Forces Can Control Protein-Meditated DNA Looping Femtonewton Forces Can Control Protein-Meditated DNA Looping

2010-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0546v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Biomolecules

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We show that minuscule entropic forces, on the order of 100 fN, can prevent the formation of DNA loops--a ubiquitous means of regulating the expression of genes. We observe a tenfold decrease in the rate of LacI-mediated DNA loop formation when a tension of 200 fN is applied to the substrate DNA, biasing the thermal fluctuations that drive loop formation and breakdown events. Conversely, once looped, the DNA-protein complex is insensitive to applied force. Our measurements are in excellent agreement with a simple polymer model of loop formation in DNA, and show that an anti-parallel topology is the preferred LacI-DNA loop conformation for a generic loop-forming construct.

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