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How molecular knots can pass through each other
Peter VirnauJonathan Tammo SiebertBenjamin Trefzsubject
Models MolecularMultidisciplinaryComputersPolymersChemistryFOS: Physical sciencesBiomolecules (q-bio.BM)DNACondensed Matter - Soft Condensed MatterMolecular physicsNanostructuresDiffusionMolecular dynamicsCrystallographyQuantitative Biology - BiomoleculesBiological Physics (physics.bio-ph)FOS: Biological sciencesPhysical SciencesNucleic Acid ConformationThermodynamicsSoft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)Physics - Biological Physicsdescription
We propose a mechanism in which two molecular knots pass through each other and swap positions along a polymer strand. Associated free energy barriers in our simulations only amount to a few $k_{B}T$, which may enable the interchange of knots on a single DNA strand.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-19 |