TCB Publications - Abstract

TCB Publications - Abstract

Maria E. Gracheva, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Jean-Pierre Leburton. Electrical signatures of single-stranded DNA with single base mutations in a nanopore capacitor. Nanotechnology, 17:3160-3165, 2006.

GRAC2006-AA In this paper, we evaluate the magnitude of the electrical signals produced by DNA translocation through a 1-nm diameter nanopore in the capacitor membrane with a numerical multi-scale approach, and assess the possibility of resolving individual nucleotides as well as their types in the absence of conformational disorder. We show that the maximum recorded voltage caused by the DNA translocation is about 35 mV, while the maximum voltage signal due to the DNA backbone is about 30mV, and the maximum voltage of a DNA base is about 8 mV. Signals from individual nucleotides can be identified in the recorded voltage traces, suggesting a 1-nm diameter pore in a capacitor can be used to accurately count the number of nucleotides in a DNA strand. Further, we study the effect of a single base substitution on the voltage trace, and calculate the differences among the voltage traces due to a single base mutation for the sequences C$_3$AC$_7$, C$_3$CC$_7$, C$_3$GC$_7$ and C$_3$TC$_7$. The calculated voltage differences are in the 5-10 mV range. The calculated maximum voltage caused by the translocation of individual bases varies from 2 to 9 mV, which is experimentally detectable.

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