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ArticleBiophysical journal2025

Tracking flaviviral protease conformational dynamics by tuning single-molecule nanopore tweezers.

Spencer A Shorkey, Yumeng Zhang, Jacqueline Sharp, Sophia Clingman, Ly Nguyen, Jianhan Chen, Min Chen

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Spencer A ShorkeyMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Yumeng ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Jacqueline SharpMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sophia ClingmanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Ly NguyenMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Jianhan ChenMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts; Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts. Electronic address: jianhanc@umass.edu.
Min ChenMolecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts; Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts. Electronic address: mchen1@chem.umass.edu.

Funding

Probing Functional States and Inhibition of Flaviviral Proteases Using Nanopore TweezersR01AI156187 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI CHEN, MIN · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
Disordered Proteins and Dynamic Interactions in Biology and Diseases.R35GM144045 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Jianhan Chen · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156187NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM144045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The flaviviral NS2B/NS3 protease is a conserved enzyme required for flavivirus replication. Its highly dynamic conformation poses major challenges but also offers opportunities for antiviral inhibition. Here, we established a nanopore tweezers-based platform to monitor NS2B/NS3 conformational dynamics in real time. Molecular simulations coupled with single-channel current recording measurements revealed that the protease could be captured in the middle of the ClyA nanopore lumen, stabilized mainly by dynamic electrostatic interactions. We designed a new Salmonella typhi ClyA nanopore with enhanced nanopore/protease interaction that can resolve the open and closed states at the single-molecule level for the first time. We demonstrated that the tailored ClyA could track the conformational transitions of the West Nile NS2B/NS3 protease and unravel the conformational energy landscape of various protease constructs through population and kinetic analysis. The new ClyA-protease platform paves a way to search for new allosteric inhibitors that target the NS2B and NS3 interface.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationNanoporesProtein ConformationViral Nonstructural ProteinsKineticsSalmonella typhiSerine EndopeptidasesSingle Molecule ImagingNS2B protein, flavivirusSerine EndopeptidasesViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID39578408
PMCPMC11739873

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