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ArticleNature communications2025

Model-free photon analysis of diffusion-based single-molecule FRET experiments.

Ivan Terterov, Daniel Nettels, Tanya Lastiza-Male, Kim Bartels, Christian Löw, Renee Vancraenenbroeck, Itay Carmel, Gabriel Rosenblum, Hagen Hofmann

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Ivan TerterovDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. ivan.terterov@weizmann.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6731-3875
Daniel NettelsDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3872-4955
Tanya Lastiza-MaleDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Kim BartelsCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Christian LöwCentre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) DESY, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0764-7483
Renee VancraenenbroeckDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Itay CarmelDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8272-7162
Gabriel RosenblumDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Hagen HofmannDepartment of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. hagen.hofmann@weizmann.ac.il.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-3158

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 864578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photon-by-photon analysis tools for diffusion-based single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) experiments often describe protein dynamics with Markov models. However, FRET efficiencies are only projections of the conformational space such that the measured dynamics can appear non-Markovian. Model-free methods to quantify FRET efficiency fluctuations would be desirable in this case. Here, we present such an approach. We determine FRET efficiency correlation functions free of artifacts from the finite length of photon trajectories or the diffusion of molecules through the confocal volume. We show that these functions capture the dynamics of proteins from nano- to milliseconds both in simulation and experiment, which provides a rigorous validation of current model-based analysis approaches.

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Fluorescence Resonance Energy TransferPhotonsProteinsSingle Molecule ImagingDiffusionMarkov ChainsProteins

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