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ArticleBiophysical journal2017

Conformational Heterogeneity and FRET Data Interpretation for Dimensions of Unfolded Proteins.

Jianhui Song, Gregory-Neal Gomes, Tongfei Shi, Claudiu C Gradinaru, Hue Sun Chan

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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Jianhui SongSchool of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China; Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gregory-Neal GomesDepartment of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tongfei ShiState Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Claudiu C GradinaruDepartment of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hue Sun ChanDepartments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: chan@arrhenius.med.toronto.edu.

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Abstract

A mathematico-physically valid formulation is required to infer properties of disordered protein conformations from single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET). Conformational dimensions inferred by conventional approaches that presume a homogeneous conformational ensemble can be unphysical. When all possible-heterogeneous as well as homogeneous-conformational distributions are taken into account without prejudgment, a single value of average transfer efficiency 〈E〉 between dyes at two chain ends is generally consistent with highly diverse, multiple values of the average radius of gyration 〈R

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferModels, TheoreticalProtein ConformationProtein UnfoldingAlgorithmsMonte Carlo MethodScattering, Small AngleX-Ray Diffraction

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PMID28877485
PMCPMC5658725

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