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Manipulating Protein Conformations By Single-molecule Afm-fret Nanoscopy
Acs Nano
  • Yufan He
  • Maolin Lu
  • Jin Cao
  • H. Peter Lu, Bowling Green State University
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Article
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Abstract

Combining atomic force microscopy and fluorescence resonance energy transfer spectroscopy (AFM-FRET), we have developed a single-molecule AFM-FRET nanoscopy approach capable of effectively pinpointing and mechanically manipulating a targeted dye-labeled single protein in a large sampling area and simultaneously monitoring the conformational changes of the targeted protein by recording single-molecule FRET time trajectories. We have further demonstrated an application of using this nanoscopy on manipulation of single-molecule protein conformation and simultaneous single-molecule FRET measurement of a Cy3-Cy5-labeled kinase enzyme, HPPK (6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase). By analyzing time-resolved FRET trajectories and correlated AFM force pulling curves of the targeted single-molecule enzyme, we are able to observe the protein conformational changes of a specific coordination by AFM mechanic force pulling.

Publication Date
2-1-2012
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/nn2038669
Citation Information
Yufan He, Maolin Lu, Jin Cao and H. Peter Lu. "Manipulating Protein Conformations By Single-molecule Afm-fret Nanoscopy" Acs Nano (2012) p. 1221 - 1229
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hong_lu/6/