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ArticleMethods (San Diego, Calif.)2021

Integrating single-molecule spectroscopy and simulations for the study of intrinsically disordered proteins.

Jhullian J Alston, Andrea Soranno, Alex S Holehouse

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Article in Methods (San Diego, Calif.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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Jhullian J AlstonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis 63110, MO, USA; Center for Science and Engineering of Living Systems (CSELS), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis 63130, MO, USA.
Andrea SorannoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis 63110, MO, USA; Center for Science and Engineering of Living Systems (CSELS), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis 63130, MO, USA. Electronic address: soranno@wustl.edu.
Alex S HolehouseDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis 63110, MO, USA; Center for Science and Engineering of Living Systems (CSELS), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis 63130, MO, USA. Electronic address: alex.holehouse@wustl.edu.

Funding

MAXIMIZING STUDENT DIVERSITY IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYR25GM103757 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SKEATH, JAMES BENJAMIN · 2013 to 2022
$4.5M
Conformational and functional analysis of Apolipoprotein ER01AG062837 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SORANNO, ANDREA · 2019 to 2023
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062837NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM103757
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last two decades, intrinsically disordered proteins and protein regions (IDRs) have emerged from a niche corner of biophysics to be recognized as essential drivers of cellular function. Various techniques have provided fundamental insight into the function and dysfunction of IDRs. Among these techniques, single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular simulations have played a major role in shaping our modern understanding of the sequence-encoded conformational behavior of disordered proteins. While both techniques are frequently used in isolation, when combined they offer synergistic and complementary information that can help uncover complex molecular details. Here we offer an overview of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular simulations in the context of studying disordered proteins. We discuss the various means in which simulations and single-molecule spectroscopy can be integrated, and consider a number of studies in which this integration has uncovered biological and biophysical mechanisms.

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Single Molecule ImagingFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsProtein ConformationIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsAll-atom simulationsFluorescence correlation spectroscopyFörster resonance energy transferFRETIntrinsically disordered proteinsMolecular simulationsProtein foldingSingle-molecule spectroscopysmFRET

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PMID33831596
PMCPMC8713295

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