title: One-dimensional Brownian motion of charged nanoparticles along microtubules: a model system for weak binding interactions.
abstract: Various proteins are known to exhibit one-dimensional Brownian motion along charged rodlike polymers, such as microtubules (MTs), actin, and DNA. The electrostatic interaction between the proteins and the rodlike polymers appears to be crucial for one-dimensional Brownian motion, although the underlying mechanism has not been fully clarified. We examined the interactions of positively-charged nanoparticles composed of polyacrylamide gels with MTs. These hydrophilic nanoparticles bound to MTs and displayed one-dimensional Brownian motion in a charge-dependent manner, which indicates that nonspecific electrostatic interaction is sufficient for one-dimensional Brownian motion. The diffusion coefficient decreased exponentially with an increasing particle charge (with the exponent being 0.10 kBT per charge), whereas the duration of the interaction increased exponentially (exponent of 0.22 kBT per charge). These results can be explained semiquantitatively if one assumes that a particle repeats a cycle of binding to and movement along an MT until it finally dissociates from the MT. During the movement, a particle is still electrostatically constrained in the potential valley surrounding the MT. This entire process can be described by a three-state model analogous to the Michaelis-Menten scheme, in which the two parameters of the equilibrium constant between binding and movement, and the rate of dissociation from the MT, are derived as a function of the particle charge density. This study highlights the possibility that the weak binding interactions between proteins and rodlike polymers, e.g., MTs, are mediated by a similar, nonspecific charge-dependent mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Biophysics, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan. minoura@brain.riken.jp
authors.forename: Itsushi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Minoura
authors.forename: Eisaku
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekimoto
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muto
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D004058:Diffusion; D016547:Kinesins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009038:Motion; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D034421:Sus scrofa; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D016547:Kinesins; D000099166:Polyacrylamides
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