山东科学 ›› 2018, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 126-132.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2018.04.019

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组氨酸对DNA电荷逆转和凝聚的影响

芦洁坪,王艳伟,杨光参*   

  1. 温州大学数理与电子信息工程学院,浙江 温州 325035
  • 收稿日期:2018-04-03 出版日期:2018-08-20 发布日期:2018-08-20
  • 通信作者: 杨光参。E-mail:yanggc@wzu.edu.cn E-mail:yanggc@wzu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:芦洁坪(1993—),女,硕士研究生,研究方向为生命现象中的凝聚态物理。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(11574232,11274245,11304232)

Histidine induced DNA charge inversion and condensation

LU Jie-ping, WANG Yan-wei, YANG Guang-can*   

  1. School of Math and Electronic Information Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
  • Received:2018-04-03 Online:2018-08-20 Published:2018-08-20

摘要:

以组氨酸为研究对象,通过动态光散射观察到当组氨酸浓度为1 mg/mL时,电泳迁移率由负变为正,DNA发生电荷逆转。同时通过原子力显微镜可以观察到,随着组氨酸浓度的升高,DNA分子逐渐堆积折叠,直至在组氨酸浓度为1 mg/mL时凝聚成球,说明了组氨酸可以导致DNA凝聚和电荷逆转。由于组氨酸的等电位点为7.59,相信组氨酸侧链的质子化和去质子化对其带电状态起调节作用。作为生物体内的基本遗传物质,DNA影响着生物的生长发育,与细胞癌变、突变等异常活动也息息相关。在细胞中,组蛋白是DNA染色体的重要组成部分,在DNA的转录和复制等过程中调节DNA的凝聚状态。组氨酸是组蛋白的主要成分,研究组氨酸对DNA凝聚以及相关的电荷逆转过程的影响,对于理解组蛋白的调控作用有重要的基础意义。

关键词: 组氨酸, 电荷逆转, 凝聚, DNA

Abstract:

Taking histidine as the research object, it was observed by dynamic light scattering that the electrophoretic mobility changes from negative to positive, and reversal of DNA charge when the histidine concentration was 1 mg/mL. At the same time, the following phenomena could be observed by atomic force microscopy: as the concentration of histidine increased, DNA molecules gradually piled up and folded up to a sphere at a histidine concentration of 1 mg/mL, which indicated that histidine could lead to DNA condensation and charge reversal. Since the isoelectric point of histidine is 7.59, it is believed that the protonation and deprotonation of the histidine side chain play a role in the regulation of its charged state. As a basic genetic material in the organism, DNA affects the growth and development of organisms, which is also closely related to abnormal activities such as cell cancer and mutation. In cells, histones are significant part of the DNA chromosomes and regulate DNA condensation in the process of DNA transcription and replication. Histidine is the main component of histones. The study of the effect of histidine on DNA condensation and related charge reversal processes is of fundamental importance for understanding the regulation of histones.

Key words: histidine, condensation, DNA, charge inversion

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  • Q71