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2. Glutamine-rich regions of the disordered CREB transactivation domain mediate dynamic intra- and intermolecular interactions.
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Martinez-Yamout MA, Nasir I, Shnitkind S, Ellis JP, Berlow RB, Kroon G, Deniz AA, Dyson HJ, and Wright PE
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- Transcriptional Activation, Gene Expression Regulation, Binding Sites, Protein Binding physiology, Glutamine metabolism, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein genetics, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein metabolism
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The cyclic AMP response element (CRE) binding protein (CREB) is a transcription factor that contains a 280-residue N-terminal transactivation domain and a basic leucine zipper that mediates interaction with DNA. The transactivation domain comprises three subdomains, the glutamine-rich domains Q1 and Q2 and the kinase inducible activation domain (KID). NMR chemical shifts show that the isolated subdomains are intrinsically disordered but have a propensity to populate local elements of secondary structure. The Q1 and Q2 domains exhibit a propensity for formation of short β-hairpin motifs that function as binding sites for glutamine-rich sequences. These motifs mediate intramolecular interactions between the CREB Q1 and Q2 domains as well as intermolecular interactions with the glutamine-rich Q1 domain of the TATA-box binding protein associated factor 4 (TAF4) subunit of transcription factor IID (TFIID). Using small-angle X-ray scattering, NMR, and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer, we show that the Q1, Q2, and KID regions remain dynamically disordered in a full-length CREB transactivation domain (CREB
TAD ) construct. The CREBTAD polypeptide chain is largely extended although some compaction is evident in the KID and Q2 domains. Paramagnetic relaxation enhancement reveals transient long-range contacts both within and between the Q1 and Q2 domains while the intervening KID domain is largely devoid of intramolecular interactions. Phosphorylation results in expansion of the KID domain, presumably making it more accessible for binding the CBP/p300 transcriptional coactivators. Our study reveals the complex nature of the interactions within the intrinsically disordered transactivation domain of CREB and provides molecular-level insights into dynamic and transient interactions mediated by the glutamine-rich domains.- Published
- 2023
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3. Reentrant DNA shells tune polyphosphate condensate size.
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Chawla R, Tom JKA, Boyd T, Grotjahn DA, Park D, Deniz AA, and Racki LR
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The ancient, inorganic biopolymer polyphosphate (polyP) occurs in all three domains of life and affects myriad cellular processes. An intriguing feature of polyP is its frequent proximity to chromatin, and in the case of many bacteria, its occurrence in the form of magnesium-enriched condensates embedded in the nucleoid, particularly in response to stress. The physical basis of the interaction between polyP and DNA, two fundamental anionic biopolymers, and the resulting effects on the organization of both the nucleoid and polyP condensates remain poorly understood. Given the essential role of magnesium ions in the coordination of polymeric phosphate species, we hypothesized that a minimal system of polyP, magnesium ions, and DNA (polyP-Mg
2+ -DNA) would capture key features of the interplay between the condensates and bacterial chromatin. We find that DNA can profoundly affect polyP-Mg2+ coacervation even at concentrations several orders of magnitude lower than found in the cell. The DNA forms shells around polyP-Mg2+ condensates and these shells show reentrant behavior, primarily forming in the concentration range close to polyP-Mg2+ charge neutralization. This surface association tunes both condensate size and DNA morphology in a manner dependent on DNA properties, including length and concentration. Our work identifies three components that could form the basis of a central and tunable interaction hub that interfaces with cellular interactors. These studies will inform future efforts to understand the basis of polyP granule composition and consolidation, as well as the potential capacity of these mesoscale assemblies to remodel chromatin in response to diverse stressors at different length and time scales.- Published
- 2023
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4. Spatial and functional arrangement of Ebola virus polymerase inside phase-separated viral factories.
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Fang J, Castillon G, Phan S, McArdle S, Hariharan C, Adams A, Ellisman MH, Deniz AA, and Saphire EO
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- Humans, Viral Replication Compartments, Transcription, Genetic, Virus Replication, Nucleotidyltransferases genetics, Ebolavirus genetics, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
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Ebola virus (EBOV) infection induces the formation of membrane-less, cytoplasmic compartments termed viral factories, in which multiple viral proteins gather and coordinate viral transcription, replication, and assembly. Key to viral factory function is the recruitment of EBOV polymerase, a multifunctional machine that mediates transcription and replication of the viral RNA genome. We show that intracellularly reconstituted EBOV viral factories are biomolecular condensates, with composition-dependent internal exchange dynamics that likely facilitates viral replication. Within the viral factory, we found the EBOV polymerase clusters into foci. The distance between these foci increases when viral replication is enabled. In addition to the typical droplet-like viral factories, we report the formation of network-like viral factories during EBOV infection. Unlike droplet-like viral factories, network-like factories are inactive for EBOV nucleocapsid assembly. This unique view of EBOV propagation suggests a form-to-function relationship that describes how physical properties and internal structures of biomolecular condensates influence viral biogenesis., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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- 2023
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5. Cannabinoid compounds in combination with curcumin and piperine display an anti-tumorigenic effect against colon cancer cells.
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Yüksel B, Hızlı Deniz AA, Şahin F, Sahin K, and Türkel N
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Currently, use of cannabinoids is limited to improve adverse effects of chemotherapy and their palliative administration during treatment is curiously concomitant with improved prognosis and regressed progression in patients with different tumor types. Although, non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) display antineoplastic effects by repressing tumor growth and angiogenesis both in cell line and animal models, their use as chemotherapeutic agents is awaiting further investigation. Both clinical and epidemiological evidence supported by experimental findings suggest that micronutrients such as curcumin and piperine may present a safer strategy in preventing tumorigenesis and its recurrence. Recent studies demonstrated that piperine potentiates curcumin's inhibitory effect on tumor progression via enhancing its delivery and therapeutic activity. In this study, we investigated a plausible therapeutic synergism of a triple combination of CBD/CBG, curcumin, and piperine in the colon adenocarcinoma using HCT116 and HT29 cell lines. Potential synergistic effects of various combinations including these compounds were tested by measuring cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis. Our findings revealed that different genetic backgrounds of HCT116 and HT29 cell lines resulted in divergent responses to the combination treatments. Triple treatment showed synergism in terms of exhibiting anti-tumorigenic effects by activating the Hippo YAP signaling pathway in the HCT116 cell line., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Yüksel, Hızlı Deniz, Şahin, Sahin and Türkel.)
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- 2023
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6. Topological Considerations in Biomolecular Condensation.
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Das D and Deniz AA
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- Thermodynamics, Polymers
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Biomolecular condensation and phase separation are increasingly understood to play crucial roles in cellular compartmentalization and spatiotemporal regulation of cell machinery implicated in function and pathology. A key aspect of current research is to gain insight into the underlying physical mechanisms of these processes. Accordingly, concepts of soft matter and polymer physics, the thermodynamics of mixing, and material science have been utilized for understanding condensation mechanisms of multivalent macromolecules resulting in viscoelastic mesoscopic supramolecular assemblies. Here, we focus on two topological concepts that have recently been providing key mechanistic understanding in the field. First, we will discuss how percolation provides a network-topology-related framework that offers an interesting paradigm to understand the complex networking of dense 'connected' condensate structures and, therefore, their phase behavior. Second, we will discuss the idea of entanglement as another topological concept that has deep roots in polymer physics and important implications for biomolecular condensates. We will first review some historical developments and fundamentals of these concepts, then we will discuss current advancements and recent examples. Our discussion ends with a few open questions and the challenges to address them, hinting at unveiling fresh possibilities for the modification of existing knowledge as well as the development of new concepts relevant to condensate science.
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- 2023
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7. Short PolyA RNA Homopolymers Undergo Mg 2+ -Mediated Kinetically Arrested Condensation.
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Tom JKA, Onuchic PL, and Deniz AA
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- Base Pairing, RNA, Messenger, RNA chemistry
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RNA-RNA interactions have increasingly been recognized for their potential to shape the mesoscale properties of biomolecular condensates, influencing morphology, organization, and material state through networking interactions. While most studies have focused on networking via Watson-Crick base pairing interactions, previous work has suggested a potential for noncanonical RNA-RNA interactions to also give rise to condensation and alter overall material state. Here, we test the phase separation of short polyA RNA (polyrA) homopolymers. We discover and characterize the potential for short polyrA sequences to form RNA condensates at lower Mg
2+ concentrations than previously observed, which appear as internally arrested droplets with slow polyrA diffusion despite continued fusion. Our work also reveals a negative cooperativity effect between the effects of Mg2+ and Na+ on polyrA condensation. Finally, we observe that polyrA sequences can act as promoters of phase separation in mixed sequences. These results demonstrate the potential for noncanonical interactions to act as networking stickers, leading to specific condensation properties inherent to polyrA composition and structure, with implications for the fundamental physical chemistry of the system and function of polyA RNA in biology.- Published
- 2022
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8. Percolation physics and density transition frameworks converge in biomolecular condensation.
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Deniz AA
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- 2022
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9. FRET-based dynamic structural biology: Challenges, perspectives and an appeal for open-science practices.
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Lerner E, Barth A, Hendrix J, Ambrose B, Birkedal V, Blanchard SC, Börner R, Sung Chung H, Cordes T, Craggs TD, Deniz AA, Diao J, Fei J, Gonzalez RL, Gopich IV, Ha T, Hanke CA, Haran G, Hatzakis NS, Hohng S, Hong SC, Hugel T, Ingargiola A, Joo C, Kapanidis AN, Kim HD, Laurence T, Lee NK, Lee TH, Lemke EA, Margeat E, Michaelis J, Michalet X, Myong S, Nettels D, Peulen TO, Ploetz E, Razvag Y, Robb NC, Schuler B, Soleimaninejad H, Tang C, Vafabakhsh R, Lamb DC, Seidel CA, and Weiss S
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- Molecular Biology instrumentation, Single Molecule Imaging instrumentation, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer methods, Molecular Biology methods, Single Molecule Imaging methods
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Single-molecule FRET (smFRET) has become a mainstream technique for studying biomolecular structural dynamics. The rapid and wide adoption of smFRET experiments by an ever-increasing number of groups has generated significant progress in sample preparation, measurement procedures, data analysis, algorithms and documentation. Several labs that employ smFRET approaches have joined forces to inform the smFRET community about streamlining how to perform experiments and analyze results for obtaining quantitative information on biomolecular structure and dynamics. The recent efforts include blind tests to assess the accuracy and the precision of smFRET experiments among different labs using various procedures. These multi-lab studies have led to the development of smFRET procedures and documentation, which are important when submitting entries into the archiving system for integrative structure models, PDB-Dev. This position paper describes the current 'state of the art' from different perspectives, points to unresolved methodological issues for quantitative structural studies, provides a set of 'soft recommendations' about which an emerging consensus exists, and lists openly available resources for newcomers and seasoned practitioners. To make further progress, we strongly encourage 'open science' practices., Competing Interests: EL, AB, JH, BA, VB, SB, RB, HS, TC, TC, AD, JD, JF, RG, IG, TH, CH, GH, NH, SH, SH, TH, AI, CJ, AK, HK, TL, NL, TL, EL, EM, JM, XM, SM, DN, TP, EP, YR, NR, BS, HS, CT, RV, DL, CS, SW No competing interests declared
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- 2021
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10. Networking and Dynamic Switches in Biological Condensates.
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Deniz AA
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- Proteins, Organelles, RNA
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Cellular liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) plays a key role in the dynamics and function of RNA-protein condensates like stress granules. In this issue of Cell, Yang et al., Guillén-Boixet et al., and Sanders et al. use a combination of experiment and modeling to provide an exciting mechanistic insight into the relationship between stress granules and LLPS, for example, in the context of protein disorder, switchable interactions, graph theory, and multiple interacting dense phases., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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11. Divalent cations can control a switch-like behavior in heterotypic and homotypic RNA coacervates.
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Onuchic PL, Milin AN, Alshareedah I, Deniz AA, and Banerjee PR
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Arginine chemistry, Cations, Divalent chemistry, Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching, Magnesium chemistry, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nephelometry and Turbidimetry, Peptides chemistry, Poly U chemistry, Poly U metabolism, Protein Binding, RNA chemistry, Peptides metabolism, RNA metabolism
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Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of RNA-protein complexes plays a major role in the cellular function of membraneless organelles (MLOs). MLOs are sensitive to changes in cellular conditions, such as fluctuations in cytoplasmic ion concentrations. To investigate the effect of these changes on MLOs, we studied the influence of divalent cations on the physical and chemical properties of RNA coacervates. Using a model system comprised of an arginine-rich peptide and RNA, we predicted and observed that variations in signaling cations exert interaction-dependent effects on RNA LLPS. Changing the ionic environment has opposing effects on the propensity for heterotypic peptide-RNA and homotypic RNA LLPS, which results in a switch between coacervate types. Furthermore, divalent ion variations continuously tune the microenvironments and fluid properties of heterotypic and homotypic droplets. Our results may provide a general mechanism for modulating the biochemical environment of RNA coacervates in a cellular context.
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- 2019
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12. Site-Specific Three-Color Labeling of α-Synuclein via Conjugation to Uniquely Reactive Cysteines during Assembly by Native Chemical Ligation.
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Lee TC, Moran CR, Cistrone PA, Dawson PE, and Deniz AA
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- Cysteine metabolism, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Humans, Maleimides chemistry, Maleimides metabolism, Protein Conformation, alpha-Synuclein metabolism, Color, Cysteine chemistry, Fluorescent Dyes analysis, Fluorescent Dyes chemistry, alpha-Synuclein chemistry
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Single-molecule fluorescence is widely used to study conformational complexity in proteins, and has proven especially valuable with intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Protein studies using dual-color single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) are now quite common, but many could benefit from simultaneous measurement of multiple distances through multi-color labeling. Such studies, however, have suffered from limitations in site-specific incorporation of more than two dyes per polypeptide. Here we present a fully site-specific three-color labeling scheme for α-synuclein, an IDP with important putative functions and links to Parkinson disease. The convergent synthesis combines native chemical ligation with regiospecific cysteine protection of expressed protein fragments to permit highly controlled labeling via standard cysteine-maleimide chemistry, enabling more global smFRET studies. Furthermore, this modular approach is generally compatible with recombinant proteins and expandable to accommodate even more complex experiments, such as by labeling with additional colors., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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13. Enzymes can adapt to cold by wiggling regions far from their active site.
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Deniz AA
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- Biophysical Phenomena, Biophysics, Enzymes, Biochemistry, Catalytic Domain
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- 2018
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14. Self-interaction of NPM1 modulates multiple mechanisms of liquid-liquid phase separation.
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Mitrea DM, Cika JA, Stanley CB, Nourse A, Onuchic PL, Banerjee PR, Phillips AH, Park CG, Deniz AA, and Kriwacki RW
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- Binding Sites, Cell Nucleolus metabolism, Cell Nucleolus ultrastructure, Cloning, Molecular, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli metabolism, Gene Expression, Genetic Vectors chemistry, Genetic Vectors metabolism, Humans, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins genetics, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins metabolism, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Nucleophosmin, Organelle Biogenesis, Phase Transition, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins metabolism, Ribosomes genetics, Ribosomes metabolism, Static Electricity, Cell Nucleolus chemistry, Intrinsically Disordered Proteins chemistry, Nuclear Proteins chemistry
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Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is an abundant, oligomeric protein in the granular component of the nucleolus with roles in ribosome biogenesis. Pentameric NPM1 undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) via heterotypic interactions with nucleolar components, including ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and proteins which display multivalent arginine-rich linear motifs (R-motifs), and is integral to the liquid-like nucleolar matrix. Here we show that NPM1 can also undergo LLPS via homotypic interactions between its polyampholytic intrinsically disordered regions, a mechanism that opposes LLPS via heterotypic interactions. Using a combination of biophysical techniques, including confocal microscopy, SAXS, analytical ultracentrifugation, and single-molecule fluorescence, we describe how conformational changes within NPM1 control valency and switching between the different LLPS mechanisms. We propose that this newly discovered interplay between multiple LLPS mechanisms may influence the direction of vectorial pre-ribosomal particle assembly within, and exit from the nucleolus as part of the ribosome biogenesis process.
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- 2018
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15. Nucleophosmin integrates within the nucleolus via multi-modal interactions with proteins displaying R-rich linear motifs and rRNA.
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Mitrea DM, Cika JA, Guy CS, Ban D, Banerjee PR, Stanley CB, Nourse A, Deniz AA, and Kriwacki RW
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- Humans, Nucleophosmin, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs, Cell Nucleolus chemistry, Cell Nucleolus metabolism, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, Protein Multimerization, RNA, Ribosomal metabolism
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The nucleolus is a membrane-less organelle formed through liquid-liquid phase separation of its components from the surrounding nucleoplasm. Here, we show that nucleophosmin (NPM1) integrates within the nucleolus via a multi-modal mechanism involving multivalent interactions with proteins containing arginine-rich linear motifs (R-motifs) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Importantly, these R-motifs are found in canonical nucleolar localization signals. Based on a novel combination of biophysical approaches, we propose a model for the molecular organization within liquid-like droplets formed by the N-terminal domain of NPM1 and R-motif peptides, thus providing insights into the structural organization of the nucleolus. We identify multivalency of acidic tracts and folded nucleic acid binding domains, mediated by N-terminal domain oligomerization, as structural features required for phase separation of NPM1 with other nucleolar components in vitro and for localization within mammalian nucleoli. We propose that one mechanism of nucleolar localization involves phase separation of proteins within the nucleolus.
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- 2016
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16. Ultrafast cooling reveals microsecond-scale biomolecular dynamics.
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Polinkovsky ME, Gambin Y, Banerjee PR, Erickstad MJ, Groisman A, and Deniz AA
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- Cold Temperature, Hot Temperature, Kinetics, Lasers, Light, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Time Factors, DNA chemistry, Inverted Repeat Sequences, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques instrumentation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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The temperature-jump technique, in which the sample is rapidly heated by a powerful laser pulse, has been widely used to probe the fast dynamics of folding of proteins and nucleic acids. However, the existing temperature-jump setups tend to involve sophisticated and expensive instrumentation, while providing only modest temperature changes of ~10-15 °C, and the temperature changes are only rapid for heating, but not cooling. Here we present a setup comprising a thermally conductive sapphire substrate with light-absorptive nano-coating, a microfluidic device and a rapidly switched moderate-power infrared laser with the laser beam focused on the nano-coating, enabling heating and cooling of aqueous solutions by ~50 °C on a 1-μs time scale. The setup is used to probe folding and unfolding dynamics of DNA hairpins after direct and inverse temperature jumps, revealing low-pass filter behaviour during periodic temperature variations.
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- 2014
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17. Modulation of allostery by protein intrinsic disorder.
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Ferreon AC, Ferreon JC, Wright PE, and Deniz AA
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- Amino Acid Motifs, Animals, Anisotropy, CREB-Binding Protein chemistry, CREB-Binding Protein metabolism, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Humans, Mice, Models, Molecular, Protein Binding, Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Retinoblastoma Protein chemistry, Retinoblastoma Protein metabolism, Thermodynamics, p300-CBP Transcription Factors chemistry, Adenovirus E1A Proteins chemistry, Adenovirus E1A Proteins metabolism, Allosteric Regulation
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Allostery is an intrinsic property of many globular proteins and enzymes that is indispensable for cellular regulatory and feedback mechanisms. Recent theoretical and empirical observations indicate that allostery is also manifest in intrinsically disordered proteins, which account for a substantial proportion of the proteome. Many intrinsically disordered proteins are promiscuous binders that interact with multiple partners and frequently function as molecular hubs in protein interaction networks. The adenovirus early region 1A (E1A) oncoprotein is a prime example of a molecular hub intrinsically disordered protein. E1A can induce marked epigenetic reprogramming of the cell within hours after infection, through interactions with a diverse set of partners that include key host regulators such as the general transcriptional coactivator CREB binding protein (CBP), its paralogue p300, and the retinoblastoma protein (pRb; also called RB1). Little is known about the allosteric effects at play in E1A-CBP-pRb interactions, or more generally in hub intrinsically disordered protein interaction networks. Here we used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) to study coupled binding and folding processes in the ternary E1A system. The low concentrations used in these high-sensitivity experiments proved to be essential for these studies, which are challenging owing to a combination of E1A aggregation propensity and high-affinity binding interactions. Our data revealed that E1A-CBP-pRb interactions have either positive or negative cooperativity, depending on the available E1A interaction sites. This striking cooperativity switch enables fine-tuning of the thermodynamic accessibility of the ternary versus binary E1A complexes, and may permit a context-specific tuning of associated downstream signalling outputs. Such a modulation of allosteric interactions is probably a common mechanism in molecular hub intrinsically disordered protein function.
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- 2013
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18. Counteracting chemical chaperone effects on the single-molecule α-synuclein structural landscape.
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Ferreon AC, Moosa MM, Gambin Y, and Deniz AA
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- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Methylamines chemistry, Protein Conformation, Urea chemistry, Molecular Chaperones chemistry, alpha-Synuclein chemistry
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Protein structure and function depend on a close interplay between intrinsic folding energy landscapes and the chemistry of the protein environment. Osmolytes are small-molecule compounds that can act as chemical chaperones by altering the environment in a cellular context. Despite their importance, detailed studies on the role of these chemical chaperones in modulating structure and dimensions of intrinsically disordered proteins have been limited. Here, we used single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer to test the counteraction hypothesis of counterbalancing effects between the protecting osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and denaturing osmolyte urea for the case of α-synuclein, a Parkinson's disease-linked protein whose monomer exhibits significant disorder. The single-molecule experiments, which avoid complications from protein aggregation, do not exhibit clear solvent-induced cooperative protein transitions for these osmolytes, unlike results from previous studies on globular proteins. Our data demonstrate the ability of TMAO and urea to shift α-synuclein structures towards either more compact or expanded average dimensions. Strikingly, the experiments directly reveal that a 21 [urea][TMAO] ratio has a net neutral effect on the protein's dimensions, a result that holds regardless of the absolute osmolyte concentrations. Our findings shed light on a surprisingly simple aspect of the interplay between urea and TMAO on α-synuclein in the context of intrinsically disordered proteins, with potential implications for the biological roles of such chemical chaperones. The results also highlight the strengths of single-molecule experiments in directly probing the chemical physics of protein structure and disorder in more chemically complex environments.
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- 2012
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19. Conserved features of intermediates in amyloid assembly determine their benign or toxic states.
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Krishnan R, Goodman JL, Mukhopadhyay S, Pacheco CD, Lemke EA, Deniz AA, and Lindquist S
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- Alzheimer Disease metabolism, Anisotropy, Conserved Sequence, Detergents pharmacology, Fluorescent Dyes pharmacology, Humans, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Molecular Conformation, Neurons metabolism, Peptides chemistry, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Spectrometry, Fluorescence methods, Tyrosine chemistry, Amyloid chemistry
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Some amyloid-forming polypeptides are associated with devastating human diseases and others provide important biological functions. For both, oligomeric intermediates appear during amyloid assembly. Currently we have few tools for characterizing these conformationally labile intermediates and discerning what governs their benign versus toxic states. Here, we examine intermediates in the assembly of a normal, functional amyloid, the prion-determining region of yeast Sup35 (NM). During assembly, NM formed a variety of oligomers with different sizes and conformation-specific antibody reactivities. Earlier oligomers were less compact and reacted with the conformational antibody A11. More mature oligomers were more compact and reacted with conformational antibody OC. We found we could arrest NM in either of these two distinct oligomeric states with small molecules or crosslinking. The A11-reactive oligomers were more hydrophobic (as measured by Nile Red binding) and were highly toxic to neuronal cells, while OC-reactive oligomers were less hydrophobic and were not toxic. The A11 and OC antibodies were originally raised against oligomers of Aβ, an amyloidogenic peptide implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is completely unrelated to NM in sequence. Thus, this natural yeast prion samples two conformational states similar to those sampled by Aβ, and when assembly stalls at one of these two states, but not the other, it becomes extremely toxic. Our results have implications for selective pressures operating on the evolution of amyloid folds across a billion years of evolution. Understanding the features that govern such conformational transitions will shed light on human disease and evolution alike.
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- 2012
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20. Dual regulation of hepatitis C viral RNA by cellular RNAi requires partitioning of Ago2 to lipid droplets and P-bodies.
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Berezhna SY, Supekova L, Sever MJ, Schultz PG, and Deniz AA
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- Argonaute Proteins, Cell Line, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 genetics, Humans, Ribonuclease III metabolism, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 metabolism, Hepacivirus genetics, Lipid Metabolism, MicroRNAs genetics, RNA Interference, RNA, Viral genetics
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The antiviral role of RNA interference (RNAi) in humans remains to be better understood. In RNAi, Ago2 proteins and microRNAs (miRNAs) or small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) form endonucleolytically active complexes which down-regulate expression of target mRNAs. P-bodies, cytoplasmic centers of mRNA decay, are involved in these pathways. Evidence exists that hepatitis C virus (HCV) utilizes host cellular RNAi machinery, including miRNA-122, Ago1-4, and Dicer proteins for replication and viral genome translation in Huh7 cells by, so far, nebulous mechanisms. Conversely, synthetic siRNAs have been used to suppress HCV replication. Here, using a combination of biochemical, transfection, confocal imaging, and digital image analysis approaches, we reveal that replication of HCV RNA depends on recruitment of Ago2 and miRNA-122 to lipid droplets, while suppression of HCV RNA by siRNA and Ago2 involves interaction with P-bodies. Such partitioning of Ago2 proteins into different complexes and separate subcellular domains likely results in modulation of their activity by different reaction partners. We propose a model in which partitioning of host RNAi and viral factors into physically and functionally distinct subcellular compartments emerges as a mechanism regulating the dual interaction of cellular RNAi with HCV RNA.
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- 2011
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21. Double mutant MBP refolds at same rate in free solution as inside the GroEL/GroES chaperonin chamber when aggregation in free solution is prevented.
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Tyagi NK, Fenton WA, Deniz AA, and Horwich AL
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- Chaperonin 10 metabolism, Chaperonin 60 metabolism, Humans, Kinetics, Light, Mutant Proteins chemistry, Myelin Basic Protein genetics, Scattering, Radiation, Chaperonins metabolism, Myelin Basic Protein chemistry, Protein Folding, Solutions metabolism
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Under "permissive" conditions at 25°C, the chaperonin substrate protein DM-MBP refolds 5-10 times more rapidly in the GroEL/GroES folding chamber than in free solution. This has been suggested to indicate that the chaperonin accelerates polypeptide folding by entropic effects of close confinement. Here, using native-purified DM-MBP, we show that the different rates of refolding are due to reversible aggregation of DM-MBP while folding free in solution, slowing its kinetics of renaturation: the protein exhibited concentration-dependent refolding in solution, with aggregation directly observed by dynamic light scattering. When refolded in chloride-free buffer, however, dynamic light scattering was eliminated, refolding became concentration-independent, and the rate of refolding became the same as that in GroEL/GroES. The GroEL/GroES chamber thus appears to function passively toward DM-MBP., (Copyright © 2011 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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22. Direct single-molecule observation of a protein living in two opposed native structures.
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Gambin Y, Schug A, Lemke EA, Lavinder JJ, Ferreon AC, Magliery TJ, Onuchic JN, and Deniz AA
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, RNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Bacterial Proteins chemistry, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer methods, RNA-Binding Proteins chemistry
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Biological activity in proteins requires them to share the energy landscape for folding and global conformational motions, 2 key determinants of function. Although most structural studies to date have focused on fluctuations around a single structural basin, we directly observe the coexistence of 2 symmetrically opposed conformations for a mutant of the Rop-homodimer (Repressor of Primer) in single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) measurements. We find that mild denaturing conditions can affect the sensitive balance between the conformations, generating an equilibrium ensemble consisting of 2 equally occupied structural basins. Despite the need for large-scale conformational rearrangement, both native structures are dynamically and reversibly adopted for the same paired molecules without separation of the constituent monomers. Such an ability of some proteins or protein complexes to switch between conformations by thermal fluctuations and/or minor environmental changes could be central to their ability to control biological function.
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- 2009
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23. Interplay of alpha-synuclein binding and conformational switching probed by single-molecule fluorescence.
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Ferreon AC, Gambin Y, Lemke EA, and Deniz AA
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- Lipid Bilayers, Micelles, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, alpha-Synuclein chemistry
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We studied the coupled binding and folding of alpha-synuclein, an intrinsically disordered protein linked with Parkinson's disease. Using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer and correlation methods, we directly probed protein membrane association, structural distributions, and dynamics. Results revealed an intricate energy landscape on which binding of alpha-synuclein to amphiphilic small molecules or membrane-like partners modulates conformational transitions between a natively unfolded state and multiple alpha-helical structures. Alpha-synuclein conformation is not continuously tunable, but instead partitions into 2 main classes of folding landscape structural minima. The switch between a broken and an extended helical structure can be triggered by changing the concentration of binding partners or by varying the curvature of the binding surfaces presented by micelles or bilayers composed of the lipid-mimetic SDS. Single-molecule experiments with lipid vesicles of various composition showed that a low fraction of negatively charged lipids, similar to that found in biological membranes, was sufficient to drive alpha-synuclein binding and folding, resulting here in the induction of an extended helical structure. Overall, our results imply that the 2 folded structures are preencoded by the alpha-synuclein amino acid sequence, and are tunable by small-molecule supramolecular states and differing membrane properties, suggesting novel control elements for biological and amyloid regulation of alpha-synuclein.
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- 2009
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24. Direct and selective elimination of specific prions and amyloids by 4,5-dianilinophthalimide and analogs.
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Wang H, Duennwald ML, Roberts BE, Rozeboom LM, Zhang YL, Steele AD, Krishnan R, Su LJ, Griffin D, Mukhopadhyay S, Hennessy EJ, Weigele P, Blanchard BJ, King J, Deniz AA, Buchwald SL, Ingram VM, Lindquist S, and Shorter J
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- Alzheimer Disease metabolism, Biological Transport, Biophysics methods, Cysteine chemistry, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Humans, Models, Biological, Peptide Termination Factors, Prions metabolism, Protein Conformation, Protein Folding, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Amyloid chemistry, Amyloid beta-Peptides chemistry, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Phthalimides chemistry, Prions chemistry
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Mechanisms to safely eliminate amyloids and preamyloid oligomers associated with many devastating diseases are urgently needed. Biophysical principles dictate that small molecules are unlikely to perturb large intermolecular protein-protein interfaces, let alone extraordinarily stable amyloid interfaces. Yet 4,5-dianilinophthalimide (DAPH-1) reverses Abeta42 amyloidogenesis and neurotoxicity, which is associated with Alzheimer's disease. Here, we show that DAPH-1 and select derivatives are ineffective against several amyloidogenic proteins, including tau, alpha-synuclein, Ure2, and PrP, but antagonize the yeast prion protein, Sup35, in vitro and in vivo. This allowed us to exploit several powerful new tools created for studying the conformational transitions of Sup35 and decipher the mechanisms by which DAPH-1 and related compounds antagonize the prion state. During fibrillization, inhibitory DAPHs alter the folding of Sup35's amyloidogenic core, preventing amyloidogenic oligomerization and specific recognition events that nucleate prion assembly. Select DAPHs also are capable of attacking preformed amyloids. They remodel Sup35 prion-specific intermolecular interfaces to create morphologically altered aggregates with diminished infectivity and self-templating activity. Our studies provide mechanistic insights and reinvigorate hopes for small-molecule therapies that specifically disrupt intermolecular amyloid contacts.
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- 2008
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25. Single-molecule biophysics: at the interface of biology, physics and chemistry.
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Deniz AA, Mukhopadhyay S, and Lemke EA
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- Biophysics methods, Biophysics trends, Molecular Motor Proteins, Protein Folding
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Single-molecule methods have matured into powerful and popular tools to probe the complex behaviour of biological molecules, due to their unique abilities to probe molecular structure, dynamics and function, unhindered by the averaging inherent in ensemble experiments. This review presents an overview of the burgeoning field of single-molecule biophysics, discussing key highlights and selected examples from its genesis to our projections for its future. Following brief introductions to a few popular single-molecule fluorescence and manipulation methods, we discuss novel insights gained from single-molecule studies in key biological areas ranging from biological folding to experiments performed in vivo.
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- 2008
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26. A natively unfolded yeast prion monomer adopts an ensemble of collapsed and rapidly fluctuating structures.
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Mukhopadhyay S, Krishnan R, Lemke EA, Lindquist S, and Deniz AA
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Computer Simulation, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Termination Factors, Peptides chemistry, Protein Denaturation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Prions chemistry, Prions metabolism, Protein Folding, Saccharomyces cerevisiae chemistry, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins chemistry, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism
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The yeast prion protein Sup35 is a translation termination factor, whose activity is modulated by sequestration into a self-perpetuating amyloid. The prion-determining domain, NM, consists of two distinct regions: an amyloidogenic N terminus domain (N) and a charged solubilizing middle region (M). To gain insight into prion conversion, we used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (SM-FRET) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to investigate the structure and dynamics of monomeric NM. Low protein concentrations in these experiments prevented the formation of obligate on-pathway oligomers, allowing us to study early folding intermediates in isolation from higher-order species. SM-FRET experiments on a dual-labeled amyloid core variant (N21C/S121C, retaining wild-type prion behavior) indicated that the N region of NM adopts a collapsed form similar to "burst-phase" intermediates formed during the folding of many globular proteins, even though it lacks a typical hydrophobic core. The mean distance between residues 21 and 121 was approximately equal to 43 A. This increased with denaturant in a noncooperative fashion to approximately equal to 63 A, suggesting a multitude of interconverting species rather than a small number of discrete monomeric conformers. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analysis of singly labeled NM revealed fast conformational fluctuations on the 20- to 300-ns time scale. Quenching from proximal and distal tyrosines resulted in distinct fast and slower fluctuations. Our results indicate that native monomeric NM is composed of an ensemble of structures, having a collapsed and rapidly fluctuating N region juxtaposed with a more extended M region. The stability of such ensembles is likely to play a key role in prion conversion.
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- 2007
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27. siRNA in human cells selectively localizes to target RNA sites.
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Berezhna SY, Supekova L, Supek F, Schultz PG, and Deniz AA
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- Animals, CHO Cells, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus metabolism, Cricetinae, Hepacivirus genetics, Humans, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering genetics, RNA metabolism, RNA, Small Interfering metabolism
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Recent observations of RNA interference (RNAi) in the nuclei of human cells raise key questions about the extent to which nuclear and cytoplasmic RNAi pathways are shared. By directly visualizing the localization of small interfering RNA (siRNA) in live human cells, we show here that siRNA either selectively localizes in the cytoplasm or translocates into the nucleus, depending on where the silencing target RNA resides. Two siRNAs that target the small nuclear 7SK and U6 RNAs localize into the nucleus as duplexes. In contrast, an siRNA targeting the cytoplasmic hepatitis C virus replicon RNA dissociates, and only antisense strand distributes in the cytoplasm of the cells harboring the target RNA, whereas sense strand gets degraded. At the same time, both strands of the latter siRNA are distributed throughout the cytoplasm and nucleus in cells lacking the silencing target RNA. These results suggest the existence of a mechanism by which the RNAi machinery orchestrates a target-determined localization of the siRNA and the corresponding RNAi activity, and also provide evidence for formation of nuclear-programmed active RNA induced silencing complexes directly in the nucleus.
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- 2006
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28. Fluorescence quenching by TEMPO: a sub-30 A single-molecule ruler.
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Zhu P, Clamme JP, and Deniz AA
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- Base Sequence, Biophysics methods, DNA drug effects, Fluorescent Dyes pharmacology, Free Radicals, Iodides chemistry, Kinetics, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Nitric Oxide chemistry, RNA chemistry, Rhodamines chemistry, DNA chemistry, Fluorescence Polarization methods, Rhodamines pharmacology, Spectrometry, Fluorescence methods
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A series of DNA molecules labeled with 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (5-TAMRA) and the small nitroxide radical TEMPO were synthesized and tested to investigate whether the intramolecular quenching efficiency can be used to measure short intramolecular distances in small ensemble and single-molecule experiments. In combination with distance calculations using molecular mechanics modeling, the experimental results from steady-state ensemble fluorescence and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements both show an exponential decrease in the quenching rate constant with the dye-quencher distance in the 10-30 A range. The results demonstrate that TEMPO-5-TAMRA fluorescence quenching is a promising method to measure short distance changes within single biomolecules.
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- 2005
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29. Freely diffusing single hairpin ribozymes provide insights into the role of secondary structure and partially folded states in RNA folding.
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Pljevaljcić G, Millar DP, and Deniz AA
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- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Magnesium chemistry, Models, Molecular, Nucleic Acid Conformation, RNA, Catalytic chemistry
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Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies of freely diffusing hairpin ribozymes with different combinations of helical junction and loop elements reveal striking differences in their folding behavior. We examined a series of six different ribozymes consisting of two-, three- and four-way junction variants, as well as corresponding constructs with one of the two loops removed. Our results highlight the varying contributions of preformed secondary structure elements to tertiary folding of the hairpin ribozyme. Of the three helical junction variants studied, the four-way junction strongly favored folding to a docked conformation of the two loops, required for catalytic activity. Moreover, the four-way junction was uniquely able to fold to a similar compact structure even in the absence of specific loop-loop docking interactions. A key feature of the data is the observation of broadening/tailing in the fluorescence resonance energy transfer histogram peak for a single-loop mutant of the four-way junction at higher Mg(2+) concentrations, not observed for any of the other single-loop variants. This feature is consistent with interconversion between compact and extended structures, which we estimate takes place on the 100-micros timescale using a simple model for the peak shape. This unique ability of the four-way junction ribozyme to populate an undocked conformation with native-like structure (a quasi-docked state) likely contributes to its greater tertiary structure stability, with the quasi-docked state acting as an intermediate and facilitating the subsequent formation of the specific hydrogen bonding network during docking of the two loops. The inability of two- and three-way junction ribozymes to fully populate a docked conformation reveals the importance of correct helical junction geometry as well as loop elements for effective ribozyme folding.
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- 2004
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30. Unnatural amino acid mutagenesis of green fluorescent protein.
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Wang L, Xie J, Deniz AA, and Schultz PG
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- Amino Acid Substitution, Base Sequence, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Molecular Structure, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Tyrosine genetics, Amino Acids chemistry, Amino Acids genetics, Luminescent Proteins chemistry, Luminescent Proteins genetics
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Unnatural amino acid mutagenesis has been used to selectively substitute tyrosine 66 of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with five novel amino acids: p-amino-L-phenylalanine, p-methoxy-L-phenylalanine, p-iodo-L-phenylalanine, p-bromo-L-phenylalanine, and L-3-(2-naphthyl)alanine. The absorbance and emission maxima of the resulting mutant GFPs span the range from 375 to 435 nm and 428 to 498 nm, respectively. The spectral properties of the mutant GFPs, including the absorbance and fluorescence maxima and quantum yields, correlate with the structural and electronic properties of the substituents on the amino acids.
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- 2003
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31. Ratiometric single-molecule studies of freely diffusing biomolecules.
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Deniz AA, Laurence TA, Dahan M, Chemla DS, Schultz PG, and Weiss S
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- Biopolymers, Diffusion, Energy Transfer, Fluorescence, Protein Folding, Radiometry, Proteins chemistry
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We outline recent developments in biological single-molecule fluorescence detection with particular emphasis on observations by ratiometric fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) of biomolecules freely diffusing in solution. Single-molecule-diffusion methodologies were developed to minimize perturbations introduced by interactions between molecules and surfaces. Confocal microscopy is used in combination with sensitive detectors to observe bursts of photons from fluorescently labeled biomolecules as they diffuse through the focal volume. These bursts are analyzed to extract ratiometric observables such as FRET efficiency and polarization anisotropy. We describe the development of single-molecule FRET methodology and its application to the observation of the Förster distance dependence and the study of protein folding and polymer physics problems. Finally, we discuss future advances in data acquisition and analysis techniques that can provide a more complete picture of the accessible molecular information.
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- 2001
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32. Single-molecule protein folding: diffusion fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies of the denaturation of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2.
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Deniz AA, Laurence TA, Beligere GS, Dahan M, Martin AB, Chemla DS, Dawson PE, Schultz PG, and Weiss S
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- Energy Transfer, Guanidine, Models, Molecular, Plant Proteins, Protein Conformation, Protein Denaturation, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors chemistry, Spectrometry, Fluorescence methods, Peptide Fragments chemistry, Peptides chemistry, Protein Folding
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We report single-molecule folding studies of a small, single-domain protein, chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (CI2). CI2 is an excellent model system for protein folding studies and has been extensively studied, both experimentally (at the ensemble level) and theoretically. Conformationally assisted ligation methodology was used to synthesize the proteins and site-specifically label them with donor and acceptor dyes. Folded and denatured subpopulations were observed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements on freely diffusing single protein molecules. Properties of these subpopulations were directly monitored as a function of guanidinium chloride concentration. It is shown that new information about different aspects of the protein folding reaction can be extracted from such subpopulation properties. Shifts in the mean transfer efficiencies are discussed, FRET efficiency distributions are translated into potentials, and denaturation curves are directly plotted from the areas of the FRET peaks. Changes in stability caused by mutation also are measured by comparing pseudo wild-type CI2 with a destabilized mutant (K17G). Current limitations and future possibilities and prospects for single-pair FRET protein folding investigations are discussed.
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- 2000
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33. Experimental determination of the antiaromaticity of cyclobutadiene
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Deniz AA, Peters KS, and Snyder GJ
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Photoacoustic calorimetry was used to quantify the antiaromaticity of 1,3-cyclobutadiene (CBD) by measuring the heat release accompanying its formation via photofragmentation of a polycyclic precursor. In combination with quantum yield measurements and thermochemical calculations, this measurement provides an enthalpy of formation for CBD of 114 +/- 11 (2final sigma) kilocalories per mole (kcal/mol). The extraordinary reactivity of this prototypical antiaromatic hydrocarbon had previously made its heat of formation inaccessible except by theoretical calculations. Relative to a hypothetical strainless, conjugated diene reference, CBD is destabilized by a total of 87 kcal/mol, 32 kcal/mol of which can be attributed to ring strain and 55 kcal/mol to antiaromaticity (compared with 21 kcal/mol for the aromatic stabilization of benzene). Relative to a reference with isolated double bonds, CBD's antiaromaticity is 48 kcal/mol (compared with 32 kcal/mol for the aromaticity of benzene).
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- 1999
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34. Single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer on freely diffusing molecules: observation of Förster distance dependence and subpopulations.
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Deniz AA, Dahan M, Grunwell JR, Ha T, Faulhaber AE, Chemla DS, Weiss S, and Schultz PG
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- Energy Transfer, Nucleic Acid Denaturation, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides chemical synthesis, Photons, Spectrometry, Fluorescence instrumentation, Urea, DNA chemistry, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides chemistry, Spectrometry, Fluorescence methods
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Photon bursts from single diffusing donor-acceptor labeled macromolecules were used to measure intramolecular distances and identify subpopulations of freely diffusing macromolecules in a heterogeneous ensemble. By using DNA as a rigid spacer, a series of constructs with varying intramolecular donor-acceptor spacings were used to measure the mean and distribution width of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiencies as a function of distance. The mean single-pair FRET efficiencies qualitatively follow the distance dependence predicted by Förster theory. Possible contributions to the widths of the FRET efficiency distributions are discussed, and potential applications in the study of biopolymer conformational dynamics are suggested. The ability to measure intramolecular (and intermolecular) distances for single molecules implies the ability to distinguish and monitor subpopulations of molecules in a mixture with different distances or conformational states. This is demonstrated by monitoring substrate and product subpopulations before and after a restriction endonuclease cleavage reaction. Distance measurements at single-molecule resolution also should facilitate the study of complex reactions such as biopolymer folding. To this end, the denaturation of a DNA hairpin was examined by using single-pair FRET.
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- 1999
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35. Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of enzyme conformational dynamics and cleavage mechanism.
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Ha T, Ting AY, Liang J, Caldwell WB, Deniz AA, Chemla DS, Schultz PG, and Weiss S
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- Base Sequence, Energy Transfer, Fluorescence Polarization, Kinetics, Microscopy, Confocal, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides chemistry, Oligodeoxyribonucleotides metabolism, Quantum Theory, Spectrometry, Fluorescence methods, Micrococcal Nuclease chemistry, Micrococcal Nuclease metabolism, Protein Conformation
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Fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence polarization anisotropy are used to investigate single molecules of the enzyme staphylococcal nuclease. Intramolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence polarization anisotropy measurements of fluorescently labeled staphylococcal nuclease molecules reveal distinct patterns of fluctuations that may be attributed to protein conformational dynamics on the millisecond time scale. Intermolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements provide information about the dynamic interactions of staphylococcal nuclease with single substrate molecules. The experimental methods demonstrated here should prove generally useful in studies of protein folding and enzyme catalysis at single-molecule resolution.
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- 1999
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