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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2019

Use of Microscale Thermophoresis (MST) to Measure Binding Affinities of Components of the Fusion Machinery.

Robert P Sparks, Rutilio Fratti

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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Robert P SparksDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Rutilio FrattiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA. rfratti@illinois.edu.

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Allosteric Regulation of SNAREs and the Rab GEF Mon1 by PhosphoinositidesR01GM101132 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI FRATTI, RUTILIO A · 2012 to 2016
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscale thermophoresis is a relatively new technique used by an increasing number of academic laboratories to estimate relative binding affinities between ligand (analyte) that is titrated and a target (generally protein) that is either fluorescently labeled exogenously in the red or blue channel (labeled thermophoresis) or endogenously labeled via the presence of sufficient aromatic amino acid residues such as tryptophan (label-free thermophoresis). There are advantages and disadvantages to each technique; however, one major disadvantage of label-free thermophoresis is that protein-protein interactions cannot be measured, as generally most proteins have enough aromatic residues to generate an interfering signal. Thermophoresis can be used to determine steady-state binding affinities as between SNAREs and relevant binding partners of SNAREs and labeled thermophoresis is increasingly becoming a reliable technique to screen binding partners of fusion machinery to determine relevance in terms of direct biochemical interactions.

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Protein BindingThermal DiffusionBinding SitesFluorescent DyesLiposomesMembrane FusionNanostructuresRhodaminesSNARE ProteinsFluorescent DyesLiposomesRhodaminesSNARE ProteinsNanodiscNSFPhosphatidic acidSec18SNARE

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PMID30317505
PMCPMC8466250

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