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ArticleMethods in enzymology2010

A highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system for single-molecule studies of protein synthesis.

Jingyi Fei, Jiangning Wang, Samuel H Sternberg, Daniel D MacDougall, Margaret M Elvekrog, Dileep K Pulukkunat, Michael T Englander, Ruben L Gonzalez

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Jingyi FeiDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Jiangning Wang
Samuel H Sternberg
Daniel D MacDougall
Margaret M Elvekrog
Dileep K Pulukkunat
Michael T Englander
Ruben L Gonzalez

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICST32GM008281 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI PALMER, ARTHUR G · 1988 to 2017
$5.4M
The Structural Dynamics of Translation InitiationR01GM084288 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI GONZALEZ, RUBEN L · 2009 to 2022
$4.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084288NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008281NIGMS NIH HHS T32-GM008281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) has emerged as a powerful tool for mechanistic investigations of increasingly complex biochemical systems. Recently, we and others have successfully used smFRET to directly investigate the role of structural dynamics in the function and regulation of the cellular protein synthesis machinery. A significant challenge to these experiments, and to analogous experiments in similarly complex cellular machineries, is the need for specific and efficient fluorescent labeling of the biochemical system at locations that are both mechanistically informative and minimally perturbative to the biological activity. Here, we describe the development of a highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system that we have successfully designed for smFRET studies of protein synthesis. The general approaches we outline should be amenable to single-molecule fluorescence studies of other complex biochemical systems.

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Protein BiosynthesisBiological AssayFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferFluorescent DyesMolecular StructureProteinsRibosomesRNAFluorescent DyesProteinsRNA

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PMCPMC4748369

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