Table 1 Survey of different buffer conditions and under action of different proteins.

From: Motor-like DNA motion due to an ATP-hydrolyzing protein under nanoconfinement

Solution

Drift

Best fit for \({\boldsymbol{\langle }}{{\boldsymbol{x}}}^{{\bf{2}}}{\boldsymbol{(}}{\boldsymbol{\Delta }}{\boldsymbol{t}}{\boldsymbol{)}}{\boldsymbol{\rangle }}\)

Bare λ-DNA

No

\(0.21\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.04}\)

λ-DNA + ATP

No

\(0.20\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.03}\)

λ-DNA + ATP + Mg2+ + EDTA

No

\(0.22\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.94}\)

λ-DNA + T4 DNA ligase

No

\(0.56\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.77}\)

λ-DNA + T4 DNA ligase + ATP

No

\(0.18\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.96}\)

λ-DNA + T4 DNA ligase + Mg2+ + EDTA

No

\(0.48\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.80}\)

λ-DNA + T4 DNA ligase + ATP + Mg2+  + EDTA

Yes

\(0.23\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.77}+0.45\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.96}\)

λ-DNA + T4 DNA ligase + ATP + Mg2+ + EDTA + BSA

No

\(0.38\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.92}\)

λ-DNA + E-coli DNA ligase + NAD+ + Mg2+ + EDTA

Yes

\(0.17\mu {m}^{2}\,{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.46}+0.16\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.8}\)

λ-DNA + E-coli DNA ligase + ATP + Mg 2 + + EDTA

No

\(0.07\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.19}+0.14\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.03}\)

λ-DNA + MutS + Mg2+  + EDTA

No

\(0.11\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.79}\)

λ-DNA + MutS + ATP + Mg2+ + EDTA

Yes

\(0.21\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.44}+0.49\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.95}\)

λ-DNA + MutS + γ-ATP + Mg2+ + EDTA

Minimal

\(0.07\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{0.6223}+0.03\,\mu {m}^{2}{({\rm{\Delta }}t\frac{1}{s})}^{1.68}\)

  1. Errors as determined by the 95% confidence interval of fit are at or below significant digits. MutS was used at 200 nM and the same conditions as T4 DNA ligase, except for that ATP was replaced by γ-ATP for one set. E. coli DNA ligase (New England Biolabs) was used at 0 8 kU/ml either in the same buffer as used for T4 DNA ligase, or in the supplier-provided Tris-based buffer that contained 26 μM NAD+ instead of ATP and was supplemented with 2 mM EDTA. Curves underlying the fits are presented in the supplementary materials section D.