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Area of Science:

  • Structural Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • DNA minicircles, formed by ligating short double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecules, are predicted to adopt specific orientations due to sequence-dependent bending energetics.
  • This predicted inside-out conformation is termed poloidal orientation, but experimental evidence has been scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide the first experimental evidence for the poloidal orientation of DNA minicircles.
  • To visualize and characterize the preferred orientations of DNA minicircles using a novel single-molecule technique.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a single-molecule approach utilizing atomic force microscopy (AFM).
  • Construction of DNA minicircles with a single biotin marker at varying positions.
  • Imaging biotin-bound NeutrAvidin relative to the DNA minicircle to determine orientation.
  • Comparison of experimental results with coarse-grained molecular simulations.

Main Results:

  • Experimental visualization of distinct poloidal orientations for two different DNA sequences.
  • Observed shifts in NeutrAvidin positions indicating sequence-specific inside-out orientations.
  • Coarse-grained simulations corroborated AFM findings, showing narrowly distributed mean orientations.

Conclusions:

  • Experimental confirmation of preferred poloidal orientations in DNA minicircles.
  • Demonstration of sequence-dependent DNA minicircle conformations.
  • Insights into the intrinsic dynamics and structural preferences of circular DNA molecules.