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ArticleScientific reports2017

Characterization of Fluorescein Arsenical Hairpin (FlAsH) as a Probe for Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy.

Dennis D Fernandes, Jasbir Bamrah, Senthilkumar Kailasam, Gregory-Neal W Gomes, Yuchong Li, Hans-Joachim Wieden, Claudiu C Gradinaru

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. 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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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dennis D FernandesDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada. dennis.fernandes@mail.utoronto.ca.
Jasbir BamrahDepartment of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada.
Senthilkumar KailasamAlberta RNA Research & Training Institute, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2816-8222
Gregory-Neal W GomesDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada.
Yuchong LiDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada.
Hans-Joachim WiedenAlberta RNA Research & Training Institute, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada.
Claudiu C GradinaruDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada. claudiu.gradinaru@utoronto.ca.
University of Toronto · CAUniversity of Lethbridge · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, new labelling strategies have been developed that involve the genetic insertion of small amino-acid sequences for specific attachment of small organic fluorophores. Here, we focus on the tetracysteine FCM motif (FLNCCPGCCMEP), which binds to fluorescein arsenical hairpin (FlAsH), and the ybbR motif (TVLDSLEFIASKLA) which binds fluorophores conjugated to Coenzyme A (CoA) via a phosphoryl transfer reaction. We designed a peptide containing both motifs for orthogonal labelling with FlAsH and Alexa647 (AF647). Molecular dynamics simulations showed that both motifs remain solvent-accessible for labelling reactions. Fluorescence spectra, correlation spectroscopy and anisotropy decay were used to characterize labelling and to obtain photophysical parameters of free and peptide-bound FlAsH. The data demonstrates that FlAsH is a viable probe for single-molecule studies. Single-molecule imaging confirmed dual labeling of the peptide with FlAsH and AF647. Multiparameter single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) measurements were performed on freely diffusing peptides in solution. The smFRET histogram showed different peaks corresponding to different backbone and dye orientations, in agreement with the molecular dynamics simulations. The tandem of fluorophores and the labelling strategy described here are a promising alternative to bulky fusion fluorescent proteins for smFRET and single-molecule tracking studies of membrane proteins.

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ArsenicalsFluoresceinFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferPeptidesSingle Molecule ImagingSpectrometry, FluorescenceArsenicalsFluoresceinPeptides

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PMID29026195
PMCPMC5638890
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