Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp42138k
Title: Crowding effect on DNA melting: A molecular thermodynamic model with explicit solvent
Authors: Liu, Y.
Shang, Y.
Liu, H.
Hu, Y.
Jiang, J. 
Issue Date: 28-Nov-2012
Citation: Liu, Y., Shang, Y., Liu, H., Hu, Y., Jiang, J. (2012-11-28). Crowding effect on DNA melting: A molecular thermodynamic model with explicit solvent. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14 (44) : 15400-15405. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cp42138k
Abstract: A molecular thermodynamic model is developed to examine crowding effect on DNA melting. Each pair of nucleotides in double-stranded DNA and each nucleotide in single-stranded DNA are represented by two types of charged Lennard-Jones segments, respectively. Water molecules are mimicked explicitly as spherical particles, embedded in a dielectric continuum. Crowders with varying concentration, size, interaction strength, and chain length are considered. For DNA with a sequence of A20, the melting temperature is predicted to increase by 1 K in the presence of Ficoll70 and by 7.5 K in the presence of Ficoll70-polyvinyl pyrrolidone360 mixture. The predictions agree well with experimental data. Furthermore, the melting temperature is found to increase with increasing crowder size, but reduce with increasing interaction strength and crowder length. The predicted changes of Gibbs energy, entropy and enthalpy are consistent with experimentally measured values. The study reveals that DNA melting in a crowded environment is influenced by both entropic and enthalpic effects. © 2012 the Owner Societies.
Source Title: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/88722
ISSN: 14639076
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42138k
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