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ArticleNature communications2019

Protein and RNA dynamical fingerprinting.

Katherine A Niessen, Mengyang Xu, Deepu K George, Michael C Chen, Adrian R Ferré-D'Amaré, Edward H Snell, Vivian Cody, James Pace, Marius Schmidt, Andrea G Markelz

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Katherine A NiessenDepartment of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Mengyang XuDepartment of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4487-7088
Deepu K GeorgeDepartment of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-0705
Michael C ChenNational Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2850-924X
Adrian R Ferré-D'AmaréNational Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Edward H SnellHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute & Department of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Vivian CodyHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute & Department of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
James PaceHauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute & Department of Structural Biology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Marius SchmidtDepartment of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Andrea G MarkelzDepartment of Physics, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA. amarkelz@buffalo.edu.

Funding

RNA: Structure, Biophysics and PhysiologyZIAHL006102 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI FERRÉ-D'AMARÉ, ADRIAN · 2011 to 2025
$14.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein structural vibrations impact biology by steering the structure to functional intermediate states; enhancing tunneling events; and optimizing energy transfer. Strong water absorption and a broad continuous vibrational density of states have prevented optical identification of these vibrations. Recently spectroscopic signatures that change with functional state were measured using anisotropic terahertz microscopy. The technique however has complex sample positioning requirements and long measurement times, limiting access for the biomolecular community. Here we demonstrate that a simplified system increases spectroscopic structure to dynamically fingerprint biomacromolecules with a factor of 6 reduction in data acquisition time. Using this technique, polarization varying anisotropy terahertz microscopy, we show sensitivity to inhibitor binding and unique vibrational spectra for several proteins and an RNA G-quadruplex. The technique's sensitivity to anisotropic absorbance and birefringence provides rapid assessment of macromolecular dynamics that impact biology.

Indexed as

G-QuadruplexesAnisotropyEnergy TransferMacromolecular SubstancesModels, TheoreticalMolecular Dynamics SimulationNucleotide MappingPeptide MappingProtein ConformationProteinsRNASpectrum AnalysisTerahertz ImagingVibrationWaterMacromolecular SubstancesProteinsRNAWater

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PMID30833555
PMCPMC6399446

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