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Design of Brownian motor assembly and deciphering the coordinated motion

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K14375
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics
Research InstitutionInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research

Principal Investigator

Iwaki Mitsuhiro  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 生命機能科学研究センター, 上級研究員 (30432503)

Research Collaborator Kawaguchi Rika  
Fujita Keisuke  
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
KeywordsDNAナノテクノロジー / ミオシン / 筋収縮 / 1分子計測 / ブラウニアンラチェット / DNAオリガミ / ナノマシン / 筋肉 / モータータンパク質 / ナノバイオ / 分子機械 / 1分子計測 / 分子モーター
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Muscle contraction can be explained by the swinging lever-arm model. However, the dynamic features of how the myosin head swings the lever-arm and its initial interactions with actin are not well understood even though they are essential for the force generation, contraction speed, heat production, and response to mechanical perturbations. This is because myosin heads during force generation have not been directly visualized.
Here, we engineered thick filaments comprising DNA origami and recombinant human muscle myosin, and directly visualized the heads during force generation using nanometer-precision single-molecule imaging. We found that when the head diffuses, it weakly interacts with actin and then strongly binds preferentially to the forward region as a Brownian ratchet. Upon strong binding, the head two-step lever-arm swing dominantly halts at the first step and occasionally reverses direction. These results can explain all mechanical characteristics of muscle contraction.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

多くの生命活動のエネルギー源はアデノシン三リン酸(ATP)であり、その加水分解で得られる自由エネルギー差は、熱ゆらぎ(~kBT)の高々20 倍程度である。そのため、このエネルギーを駆動源にする生体分子は、熱ゆらぎを完全に遮断できず、ある程度の誤作動も許容しながら機能するブラウニアンマシンである。今回、骨格筋や心臓拍動を駆動するブラウニアンマシンであるミオシン集団内の個々の分子動態を世界で初めて直視することに成功した。心臓拍動のメカニズムやミオシンの遺伝的変異を原因とする心筋症の理解、化学的なナノマシン設計への大きな指針を提供することができたと考えている。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (18 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 7 results) Book (5 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] パドバ大学(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Application of the fluctuation theorem for noninvasive force measurement in living neuronal axons2018

    • Author(s)
      Hayashi Kumiko、Tsuchizawa Yuta、Iwaki Mitsuhiro、Okada Yasushi
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Biology of the Cell

      Volume: 29 Issue: 25 Pages: 3017-3025

    • DOI

      10.1091/mbc.e18-01-0022

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] DNAナノデバイスと高解像分子イメージング技術を活用した 心臓のメカノバイオロジー2019

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第83回日本循環器学会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] DNAナノテクノロジーが開拓するナノメディシン2018

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第55回薬剤学懇談会研究討論会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] DNAナノテクノロジーと1分子計測技術の融合が拓く分子動態・力の高解像イメージング2018

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第56回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] DNAナノテクノロジーと1分子計測技術の融合が拓くモーター分子動態・力の高解像イメージング2018

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第8回分子モーター討論会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A programmable DNA origami nanospring that reveals force-induced adjacent binding of myosin VI heads2017

    • Author(s)
      M. Iwaki
    • Organizer
      14th Annual Conference Foundations of Nanosciece (FNANO2017)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] DNAナノテクノロジーの生命科学研究への応用と現状2017

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      武田薬品工業株式会社セミナー
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 幹細胞分化の力学制御を指向したDNAナノデバイス開発2017

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      BioJapan2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] High-speed AFM imaging of DNA origami-myosin II motor hybrid system2017

    • Author(s)
      大町優史、福永裕樹、藤田恵介、池崎圭吾、柳田敏雄、岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第55回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ultra-resolution imaging of RNA polymerases with DNA-PAINT for understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell individuality2017

    • Author(s)
      藤田恵介、柳田敏雄、岩城光宏
    • Organizer
      第55回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 幹細胞分化の力学制御を指向したDNAナノデバイス開発2018

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Total Pages
      2
    • Publisher
      バイオサイエンスとインダストリー(B&I)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Single molecule analysis of actomyosin in the presence of osmolyte2018

    • Author(s)
      Mitsuhiro Iwaki
    • Total Pages
      11
    • Publisher
      ELSEVIER
    • ISBN
      9789811084591
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The role of water in ATP hydrolysis energy transduction by protein machinery2018

    • Author(s)
      M. Iwaki, K. Itoh, K. Fujita
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] バイオサイエンスとインダストリー(B&I)2018

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Total Pages
      200
    • Publisher
      昭和情報プロセス株式会社
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 自動車技術(超の世界)2017

    • Author(s)
      岩城光宏
    • Total Pages
      110
    • Publisher
      精興社
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] システム物理生物学グループ

    • URL

      http://www.qbic.riken.jp/cdo/iwaki-subg/index.html

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] ナノバイオロボティクスグループ

    • URL

      http://www.qbic.riken.jp/cdo/iwaki-subg/index.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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