Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers.
Ligands binding to polymers regulate polymer functions by changing their physical and chemical properties. This ligand regulation plays a key role in many biological processes. We propose here a model to explain the mechanical, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of the process of binding of small...
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| author | Javier Jarillo José A Morín Elena Beltrán-Heredia Juan P G Villaluenga Borja Ibarra Francisco J Cao |
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| description | Ligands binding to polymers regulate polymer functions by changing their physical and chemical properties. This ligand regulation plays a key role in many biological processes. We propose here a model to explain the mechanical, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of the process of binding of small ligands to long biopolymers. These properties can now be measured at the single molecule level using force spectroscopy techniques. Our model performs an effective decomposition of the ligand-polymer system on its covered and uncovered regions, showing that the elastic properties of the ligand-polymer depend explicitly on the ligand coverage of the polymer (i.e., the fraction of the polymer covered by the ligand). The equilibrium coverage that minimizes the free energy of the ligand-polymer system is computed as a function of the applied force. We show how ligands tune the mechanical properties of a polymer, in particular its length and stiffness, in a force dependent manner. In addition, it is shown how ligand binding can be regulated applying mechanical tension on the polymer. Moreover, the binding kinetics study shows that, in the case where the ligand binds and organizes the polymer in different modes, the binding process can present transient shortening or lengthening of the polymer, caused by changes in the relative coverage by the different ligand modes. Our model will be useful to understand ligand-binding regulation of biological processes, such as the metabolism of nucleic acid. In particular, this model allows estimating the coverage fraction and the ligand mode characteristics from the force extension curves of a ligand-polymer system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e69a02b1a4314b4a81bfcb394bf0cc0d2022-12-22T03:45:30ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01124e017483010.1371/journal.pone.0174830Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers.Javier JarilloJosé A MorínElena Beltrán-HerediaJuan P G VillaluengaBorja IbarraFrancisco J CaoLigands binding to polymers regulate polymer functions by changing their physical and chemical properties. This ligand regulation plays a key role in many biological processes. We propose here a model to explain the mechanical, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of the process of binding of small ligands to long biopolymers. These properties can now be measured at the single molecule level using force spectroscopy techniques. Our model performs an effective decomposition of the ligand-polymer system on its covered and uncovered regions, showing that the elastic properties of the ligand-polymer depend explicitly on the ligand coverage of the polymer (i.e., the fraction of the polymer covered by the ligand). The equilibrium coverage that minimizes the free energy of the ligand-polymer system is computed as a function of the applied force. We show how ligands tune the mechanical properties of a polymer, in particular its length and stiffness, in a force dependent manner. In addition, it is shown how ligand binding can be regulated applying mechanical tension on the polymer. Moreover, the binding kinetics study shows that, in the case where the ligand binds and organizes the polymer in different modes, the binding process can present transient shortening or lengthening of the polymer, caused by changes in the relative coverage by the different ligand modes. Our model will be useful to understand ligand-binding regulation of biological processes, such as the metabolism of nucleic acid. In particular, this model allows estimating the coverage fraction and the ligand mode characteristics from the force extension curves of a ligand-polymer system.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5381885?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Javier Jarillo José A Morín Elena Beltrán-Heredia Juan P G Villaluenga Borja Ibarra Francisco J Cao Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. PLoS ONE |
| title | Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. |
| title_full | Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. |
| title_fullStr | Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. |
| title_short | Mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers. |
| title_sort | mechanics thermodynamics and kinetics of ligand binding to biopolymers |
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