Toward dynamic structural biology: Two decades of single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer

E Lerner, T Cordes, A Ingargiola, Y Alhadid, SY Chung… - Science, 2018 - science.org
BACKGROUND Biomolecular mechanisms are typically inferred from static structural
“snapshots” obtained by x-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) …

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 …

Deep-LASI: deep-learning assisted, single-molecule imaging analysis of multi-color DNA origami structures

S Wanninger, P Asadiatouei, J Bohlen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Single-molecule experiments have changed the way we explore the physical world, yet data
analysis remains time-consuming and prone to human bias. Here, we introduce Deep-LASI …

The fork protection complex recruits FACT to reorganize nucleosomes during replication

B Safaric, E Chacin, MJ Scherr, L Rajappa… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chromosome replication depends on efficient removal of nucleosomes by accessory factors
to ensure rapid access to genomic information. Here, we show this process requires …

Small RNAs and Hfq capture unfolded RNA target sites during transcription

ML Rodgers, B O'Brien, SA Woodson - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Small ribonucleoproteins (sRNPs) target nascent precursor RNAs to guide folding,
modification, and splicing during transcription. Yet, rapid co-transcriptional folding of the …

Unifying mechanism for thiol-induced photoswitching and photostability of cyanine dyes

Y Gidi, L Payne, V Glembockyte… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cyanines (Cy3, Cy5, Cy3B) are the most utilized dyes for single-molecule fluorescence and
localization-based super-resolution imaging. These modalities exploit cyanines' versatile …

Single-molecule fluorescence multiplexing by multi-parameter spectroscopic detection of nanostructured FRET labels

J Chu, A Ejaz, KM Lin, MR Joseph, AE Coraor… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multiplexed, real-time fluorescence detection at the single-molecule level can reveal the
stoichiometry, dynamics and interactions of multiple molecular species in mixtures and other …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated transport mechanism of the maltose ABC importer

R Mächtel, A Narducci, DA Griffith, T Cordes… - Research in …, 2019 - Elsevier
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to transport a
large diversity of molecules actively across biological membranes. A combination of …

Sequence-specific dynamic DNA bending explains mitochondrial TFAM's dual role in DNA packaging and transcription initiation

H Huh, J Shen, Y Ajjugal, A Ramachandran… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) employs DNA bending to package mitochondrial
DNA (mtDNA) into nucleoids and recruit mitochondrial RNA polymerase (POLRMT) at …