Non-specific binding of Na+ and Mg2+ to RNA determined by force spectroscopy methods.

Abstract:

:RNA duplex stability depends strongly on ionic conditions, and inside cells RNAs are exposed to both monovalent and multivalent ions. Despite recent advances, we do not have general methods to quantitatively account for the effects of monovalent and multivalent ions on RNA stability, and the thermodynamic parameters for secondary structure prediction have only been derived at 1M [Na(+)]. Here, by mechanically unfolding and folding a 20 bp RNA hairpin using optical tweezers, we study the RNA thermodynamics and kinetics at different monovalent and mixed monovalent/Mg(2+) salt conditions. We measure the unfolding and folding rupture forces and apply Kramers theory to extract accurate information about the hairpin free energy landscape under tension at a wide range of ionic conditions. We obtain non-specific corrections for the free energy of formation of the RNA hairpin and measure how the distance of the transition state to the folded state changes with force and ionic strength. We experimentally validate the Tightly Bound Ion model and obtain values for the persistence length of ssRNA. Finally, we test the approximate rule by which the non-specific binding affinity of divalent cations at a given concentration is equivalent to that of monovalent cations taken at 100-fold concentration for small molecular constructs.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Bizarro CV,Alemany A,Ritort F

doi

10.1093/nar/gks289

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-08-01 00:00:00

pages

6922-35

issue

14

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

gks289

journal_volume

40

pub_type

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