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ArticleBiophysical journal2016

Probing Small Molecule Binding to Unfolded Polyprotein Based on its Elasticity and Refolding.

Ricksen S Winardhi, Qingnan Tang, Jin Chen, Mingxi Yao, Jie Yan

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ricksen S WinardhiDepartment of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Bioimaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Qingnan TangDepartment of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jin ChenMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Mingxi YaoMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jie YanDepartment of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Centre for Bioimaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: phyyj@nus.edu.sg.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unfolded protein, a disordered structure found before folding of newly synthesized protein or after protein denaturation, is a substrate for binding by many cellular factors such as heat-stable proteins, chaperones, and many small molecules. However, it is challenging to directly probe such interactions in physiological solution conditions because proteins are largely in their folded state. In this work we probed small molecule binding to mechanically unfolded polyprotein using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as an example. The effect of binding is quantified based on changes in the elasticity and refolding of the unfolded polyprotein in the presence of SDS. We show that this single-molecule mechanical detection of binding to unfolded polyprotein can serve, to our knowledge, as a novel label-free assay with a great potential to study many factors that interact with unfolded protein domains, which underlie many important biological processes.

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ElasticityProtein DenaturationProtein RefoldingGuanidineModels, MolecularProteinsSodium Dodecyl SulfateUreaGuanidineProteinsSodium Dodecyl SulfateUrea

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PMID27926836
PMCPMC5153558
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