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ArticleNature communications2025

Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution.

Luciano A Masullo, Rafal Kowalewski, Monique Honsa, Larissa Heinze, Shuhan Xu, Philipp R Steen, Heinrich Grabmayr, Isabelle Pachmayr, Susanne C M Reinhardt, Ana Perovic and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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16 authors.

Luciano A Masullo *Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany. masullo@biochem.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8664-5448
Rafal Kowalewski *Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Monique HonsaMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5937-9646
Larissa HeinzeMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Shuhan XuMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Philipp R SteenMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1454-9390
Heinrich GrabmayrMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Isabelle PachmayrMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-8340
Susanne C M ReinhardtMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-4801
Ana PerovicMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Jisoo KwonMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany.
Ethan P OxleyAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Ross A DickinsAustralian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4112-5304
Maartje M C BastingsInstitute of Materials and Interfaculty Bioengineering Institute, School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7603-4018
Ian A ParishCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3528-478X
Ralf JungmannMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Planegg, Germany. jungmann@biochem.mpg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-3312

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Latest advances in super-resolution microscopy allow the study of subcellular features at the level of single proteins, which could lead to discoveries in fundamental biological processes, specifically in cell signaling mediated by membrane receptors. Despite these advances, accurately extracting quantitative information on molecular arrangements of proteins at the 1-20 nm scale through rigorous image analysis remains a significant challenge. Here, we present SPINNA (Single-Protein Investigation via Nearest-Neighbor Analysis): an analysis framework that compares nearest-neighbor distances from experimental single-protein position data with those obtained from realistic simulations based on a user-defined model of protein oligomerization states. We demonstrate SPINNA in silico, in vitro, and in cells. In particular, we quantitatively assess the oligomerization of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) upon EGF treatment and investigate the dimerization of CD80 and PD-L1, key surface ligands involved in immune cell signaling. Importantly, we offer an open-source Python implementation and a GUI to facilitate SPINNA's widespread use in the scientific community.

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Protein MultimerizationB7-H1 AntigenComputer SimulationEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsHumansSignal TransductionB7-H1 AntigenEpidermal Growth FactorErbB Receptors

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