Point Mutations Effects on Charge Transport Properties of the Tumor-Suppressor Gene p53

Details Point Mutations Effects on Charge Transport Properties of the Tumor-Suppressor Gene p53 Point Mutations Effects on Charge Transport Properties of the Tumor-Suppressor Gene p53

2007-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/0708.3181v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 018105 (2008)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Genomics

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.018105

We report on a theoretical study of point mutations effects on charge transfer properties in the DNA sequence of the tumor-suppressor p53 gene. On the basis of effective single-strand or double-strand tight-binding models which simulate hole propagation along the DNA, a statistical analysis of charge transmission modulations associated with all possible point mutations is performed. We find that in contrast to non-cancerous mutations, mutation hotspots tend to result in significantly weaker {\em changes of transmission properties}. This suggests that charge transport could play a significant role for DNA-repairing deficiency yielding carcinogenesis.

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