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IEE PROCEEDINGS-NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 153, 期 4, 页码 60-66出版社
INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
DOI: 10.1049/ip-nbt:20050018
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Newly developed fast-scanning atomic force microscopy (AFM) allows the dissection of molecular events such as DNA-enzyme reactions at the single-molecule level. With this novel technology, a model is proposed of the DNA cleavage reaction by a type IIP restriction endonuclease ApaI. Detailed analyses revealed that ApaI bound to DNA as a dimer and slid along DNA in a one-dimensional diffusion manner. When it encountered a specific DNA sequence, the enzyme halted for a moment to digest the DNA. Immediately after digestion, the ApaI dimer separated into two monomers, each of which remained on the DNA end and then dissociated from the DNA end. Thus, fast-scanning AFM is a powerful tool to aid the understanding of protein structures and dynamics in biological reactions at the single-molecule level in sub-seconds.
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