Rapid Computational Analysis of DNA Origami Assemblies at Near-Atomic Resolution

Autor: Do-Nyun Kim, Jae Gyung Lee, Kyung Soo Kim, Tae Hwi Kim, Chanseok Lee, Jae Young Lee, Young Joo Kim, Giseok Yun
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: ACS Nano. 15:1002-1015
ISSN: 1936-086X
1936-0851
7000-8000
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07717
Popis: Structural DNA nanotechnology plays an ever-increasing role in advanced biomolecular applications. Here, we present a computational method to analyze structured DNA assemblies rapidly at near-atomic resolution. Both high computational efficiency and molecular-level accuracy are achieved by developing a multiscale analysis framework. The sequence-dependent relative geometry and mechanical properties of DNA motifs are characterized by the all-atom molecular dynamics simulation and incorporated into the structural finite element model successfully without significant loss of atomic information. The proposed method can predict the three-dimensional shape, equilibrium dynamic properties, and mechanical rigidities of monomeric to hierarchically assembled DNA structures at near-atomic resolution without adjusting any model parameters. The calculation takes less than only 15 min for most origami-scale DNA nanostructures consisting of 7000-8000 base-pairs. Hence, it is expected to be highly utilized in an iterative design-analysis-revision process for structured DNA assemblies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE