Fluorescence resonance energy transfer at the single-molecule level

T Ha, J Fei, S Schmid, NK Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a powerful spectroscopic method for
measuring distances in the 2–8 nm range. Often, conformational changes and molecular …

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 …

Reliability and accuracy of single-molecule FRET studies for characterization of structural dynamics and distances in proteins

G Agam, C Gebhardt, M Popara, R Mächtel, J Folz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-molecule Förster-resonance energy transfer (smFRET) experiments allow the study
of biomolecular structure and dynamics in vitro and in vivo. We performed an international …

Resolving distance variations by single-molecule FRET and EPR spectroscopy using rotamer libraries

D Klose, A Holla, C Gmeiner, D Nettels, I Ritsch… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
spectroscopy are complementary techniques for quantifying distances in the nanometer …

Multi-parameter photon-by-photon hidden Markov modeling

PD Harris, A Narducci, C Gebhardt, T Cordes… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is a unique biophysical
approach for studying conformational dynamics in biomacromolecules. Photon-by-photon …

Allostery through DNA drives phenotype switching

G Rosenblum, N Elad, H Rozenberg, F Wiggers… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Allostery is a pervasive principle to regulate protein function. Growing evidence suggests
that also DNA is capable of transmitting allosteric signals. Yet, whether and how DNA …

Integrating single-molecule spectroscopy and simulations for the study of intrinsically disordered proteins

JJ Alston, A Soranno, AS Holehouse - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, intrinsically disordered proteins and protein regions (IDRs) have
emerged from a niche corner of biophysics to be recognized as essential drivers of cellular …

FRETraj: integrating single-molecule spectroscopy with molecular dynamics

FD Steffen, RKO Sigel, R Börner - Bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative interpretation of single-molecule FRET experiments requires a model of the dye
dynamics to link experimental energy transfer efficiencies to distances between atom …

Diffusion-Enhanced Förster Resonance Energy Transfer in Flexible Peptides: From the Haas-Steinberg Partial Differential Equation to a Closed Analytical Expression

MH Jacob, RN D'Souza, AI Lazar, WM Nau - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the huge field of polymer structure and dynamics, including intrinsically disordered
peptides, protein folding, and enzyme activity, many questions remain that cannot be …

Semi-synthetic CoA-α-Synuclein Constructs Trap N-terminal Acetyltransferase NatB for Binding Mechanism Studies

B Pan, SM Gardner, K Schultz, RM Perez… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
N-terminal acetylation is a chemical modification carried out by N-terminal
acetyltransferases. A major member of this enzyme family, NatB, acts on much of the human …