Single-molecule FRET methods to study the dynamics of proteins at work

H Mazal, G Haran - Current opinion in biomedical engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Feynman commented that “Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the
jiggling and wiggling of atoms”. Proteins can jiggle and wiggle large structural elements …

FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices

E Lerner, A Barth, J Hendrix, B Ambrose, V Birkedal… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Single-molecule FRET (smFRET) has become a mainstream technique for studying
biomolecular structural dynamics. The rapid and wide adoption of smFRET experiments by …

A blind benchmark of analysis tools to infer kinetic rate constants from single-molecule FRET trajectories

M Götz, A Barth, SSR Bohr, R Börner, J Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-molecule FRET (smFRET) is a versatile technique to study the dynamics and function
of biomolecules since it makes nanoscale movements detectable as fluorescence signals …

Adsorption and unfolding of a single protein triggers nanoparticle aggregation

S Dominguez-Medina, L Kisley, LJ Tauzin, A Hoggard… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The response of living systems to nanoparticles is thought to depend on the protein corona,
which forms shortly after exposure to physiological fluids and which is linked to a wide array …

Single-molecule imaging reveals dynamic biphasic partition of RNA-binding proteins in stress granules

B Niewidok, M Igaev, A Pereira da Graca… - Journal of Cell …, 2018 - rupress.org
Stress granules (SGs) are cytosolic, nonmembranous RNA–protein complexes. In vitro
experiments suggested that they are formed by liquid–liquid phase separation; however …

Super-resolution optical fluctuation bio-imaging with dual-color carbon nanodots

AM Chizhik, S Stein, MO Dekaliuk, C Battle, W Li… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Success in super-resolution imaging relies on a proper choice of fluorescent probes. Here,
we suggest novel easily produced and biocompatible nanoparticles carbon nanodots for …

Single molecule kinetics of bacteriorhodopsin by HS-AFM

AP Perrino, A Miyagi, S Scheuring - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Bacteriorhodopsin is a seven-helix light-driven proton-pump that was structurally and
functionally extensively studied. Despite a wealth of data, the single molecule kinetics of the …

Recent advances in single-molecule tracking and imaging techniques

TD Nguyen, YI Chen, LH Chen… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since the early 1990s, single-molecule detection in solution at room temperature has
enabled direct observation of single biomolecules at work in real time and under …

Advantages and potential limitations of applying AFM kymograph analysis to pharmaceutically relevant membrane proteins in lipid bilayers

KG Schaefer, AG Roberts, GM King - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Membrane proteins play critical roles in disease and in the disposition of many
pharmaceuticals. A prime example is P-glycoprotein (Pgp) which moves a diverse range of …

Multi-functional DNA nanostructures that puncture and remodel lipid membranes into hybrid materials

O Birkholz, JR Burns, CP Richter, OE Psathaki… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Synthetically replicating key biological processes requires the ability to puncture lipid bilayer
membranes and to remodel their shape. Recently developed artificial DNA nanopores are …