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A knotted polymer chain passing through a pore is investigated by molecule dynamics method. In this paper, we take 31 knot as an example. It is found that, during the process of translocation, the size of the knot fluctuates until the knot is unknotted. In addition, the effect of the knot on the translocation velocity of the knotted chain is also discussed. For the given external force, the average translocation time τ satisfies the scaling relation:τ~N α, and the scaling exponent α increases with the external force f. For short knotted polymer chains, the average translocation time τ decreases when the external force f increases. However, for very long knotted polymer chains, the average translocation time τ increases when the external force f increases. In the meantime, the position of knot in a knotted polymer chain also affects the average translocation time τ strongly. The closer the knot approaches the first translocated monomer, the longer the average translocation time. This investigation can provide some insights into the translocation of knotted polymer chains (especially knotted DNA) through the nanopore, and help us understand the translocation behavior of biomacromolecules.
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Keywords:
- molecule dynamics method /
- knotted polymer chain /
- translocation time /
- unknotted
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[1] Mansfield M L 1994 Macromolecules 27 5924
[2] Lua R, Borovinskiy A L, Grosberg A Y 2004 Polymer 45 717
[3] Virnau P, Kantor Y, Kardar M 2005 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 15102
[4] Matthews R, Louis A A, Yeomans J M 2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 088101
[5] Murzin A G, Brenner S E, Hubbard T, Chothia C 1995 J. Mol. Biol. 247 536
[6] Wang X H, Shen Y, Zhang L X 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 1684
[7] Atiyah M F 1990 The Geometry and Physics of Knots (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p291
[8] Katritch V, Bednar J, Michoud D, Scharein R G, Dubochet J, Stasiak A 1996 Nature 384 142
[9] Katritch V, Olson W K, Pieranski P, Dubochet J, Stasiak A 1997 Nature 388 148
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[11] Han J, Turner S W, Craighead H G 1999 Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 1688
[12] Turner S W P, Cabodi M, Craighead H G 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 128103
[13] Grigoriev S M, Muro C, Dejean L M, Campo M L, Martinez-Caballero S, Kinnally K W 2004 Int. Rev. Cytol. 238 227
[14] Szabo I, Bathori G, Tombola F, Brini M, Coppola A, Zoratti M 1997 J. Biol. Chem. 272 25275
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[17] Kasianowicz J J, Brandin E, Branton D, Deamer D 1996 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 13770
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[20] Ali I, Marenduzzo D, Yeomans J M 2006 Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 208102
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[25] Luo K F, Ala-Nissila T, Ying S C, Bhattacharya A 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 058101
[26] Jiang S C, Zhang L X, Xia A G, Chen H P 2009 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 4337 (in Chinese) [江绍钏、章林溪、夏阿根、陈宏平 2010 物理学报 59 4337]
[27] Luo K F, Ala-Nissila Nissila T A, Ying S C, Bhattacharya A 2007 Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 148102
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