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ArticleMethods (San Diego, Calif.)2018

Ensemble and single-molecule FRET studies of protein synthesis.

Wan-Jung C Lai, Dmitri N Ermolenko

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Article in Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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2 authors.

Wan-Jung C LaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics & Center for RNA Biology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, United States.
Dmitri N ErmolenkoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics & Center for RNA Biology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, United States. Electronic address: Dmitri_Ermolenko@urmc.rochester.edu.

Funding

Structural Dynamics of TranslationR01GM099719 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI ERMOLENKO, DMITRI · 2012 to 2020
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein synthesis is a complex, multi-step process that involves large conformational changes of the ribosome and protein factors of translation. Over the last decade, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) has become instrumental for studying structural rearrangements of the translational apparatus. Here, we discuss the design of ensemble and single-molecule (sm) FRET assays of translation. We describe a number of experimental strategies that can be used to introduce fluorophores into the ribosome, tRNA, mRNA and protein factors of translation. Alternative approaches to tethering of translation components to the microscope slide in smFRET experiments are also reviewed. Finally, we discuss possible challenges in the interpretation of FRET data and ways to address these challenges.

Indexed as

Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHumansNanotechnologyProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerRNA, TransferSingle Molecule ImagingRNA, MessengerRNA, TransferEnsemble FRETFluorescenceLabelingRibosomeSingle-molecule FRET

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PMID29247758
PMCPMC5866757

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