Knot-Controlled Ejection of a Polymer from a Virus Capsid

被引：75

作者：

Matthews, Richard ^{[1
]}

Louis, A. A. ^{[1
]}

Yeomans, J. M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rudolf Peierls Ctr Theoret Phys, Oxford 0X1 3NP, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2009年 / 102卷 / 08期

关键词：

DNA EJECTION; VIRAL CAPSIDS; PHAGE CAPSIDS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DYNAMICS; LAMBDA; FORCES; TOPOLOGY; CHAINS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.088101

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We present a numerical study of the effect of knotting on the ejection of flexible and semiflexible polymers from a spherical, viruslike capsid. The polymer ejection rate is primarily controlled by the knot, which moves to the hole in the capsid and then acts as a ratchet. Polymers with more complex knots eject more slowly and, for large knots, the knot type, and not the flexibility of the polymer, determines the rate of ejection. We discuss the relation of our results to the ejection of DNA from viral capsids and conjecture that this process has the biological advantage of unknotting the DNA before it enters a cell.

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