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McCarthy M, Lu X, Ogunleye O, Latham DR, Abravanel M, Pritko D, Huggins JR, Haskell CV, Patel ND, Pittman ZA, Sanabria H, Birtwistle MR. Increasing Signal Intensity of Fluorescent Oligo-Labeled Antibodies to Enable Combination Multiplexing. Bioconjug Chem 2024; 35:1053-1063. [PMID: 38889324 PMCID: PMC11262307 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.4c00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
Full-spectrum flow cytometry has increased antibody-based multiplexing, yet further increases remain potentially impactful. We recently proposed how fluorescence multiplexing using spectral imaging and combinatorics (MuSIC) could do so using tandem dyes and an oligo-based antibody labeling method. In this work, we found that such labeled antibodies had significantly lower signal intensities than conventionally labeled antibodies in human cell experiments. To improve signal intensity, we tested moving the fluorophores from the original external (ext.) 5' or 3' end-labeled orientation to internal (int.) fluorophore modifications. Cell-free spectrophotometer measurements showed a ∼6-fold signal intensity increase of the new int. configuration compared to the previous ext. configuration. Time-resolved fluorescence and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy showed that the ∼3-fold brightness difference is due to static quenching most likely by the oligo or solution in the ext. configuration. Spectral flow cytometry experiments using peripheral blood mononuclear cells show int. MuSIC probe-labeled antibodies (i) retained increased signal intensity while having no significant difference in the estimated % of CD8+ lymphocytes and (ii) labeled with Atto488, Atto647, and Atto488/647 combinations can be demultiplexed in triple-stained samples. The antibody labeling approach is general and can be broadly applied to many biological and diagnostic applications where spectral detection is available.
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- Madeline
E. McCarthy
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United
States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United
States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United
States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United States
- Department
of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0002, United
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McCarthy ME, Lu X, Ogunleye O, Latham DR, Abravanel M, Pritko D, Huggins JR, Haskell CV, Patel ND, Pittman ZA, Sanabria H, Birtwistle MR. Increasing Signal Intensity of Fluorescent Oligo-Labeled Antibodies to Enable Combination Multiplexing. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.07.06.547965. [PMID: 37461453 PMCID: PMC10350089 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.06.547965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
Abstract
Full-spectrum flow cytometry has increased antibody-based multiplexing, yet further increases remain potentially impactful. We recently proposed how fluorescence Multiplexing using Spectral Imaging and Combinatorics (MuSIC) could do so using tandem dyes and an oligo-based antibody labeling method. In this work, we found that such labeled antibodies had significantly lower signal intensity than conventionally-labeled antibodies in human cell experiments. To improve signal intensity, we tested moving the fluorophores from the original external (ext.) 5' or 3' end-labeled orientation to internal (int.) fluorophore modifications. Cell-free spectrophotometer measurements showed a ~6-fold signal intensity increase of the new int. configuration compared to the previous ext. configuration. Time-resolved fluorescence and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy showed that ~3-fold brightness difference is due to static quenching most likely by the oligo or solution in the ext. configuration. Spectral flow cytometry experiments using peripheral blood mononuclear cells show int. MuSIC probe-labeled antibodies (i) retained increased signal intensity while having no significant difference in the estimated % of CD8+ lymphocytes and (ii) labeled with Atto488, Atto647, and Atto488/647 combinations can be demultiplexed in triple-stained samples. The antibody labeling approach is general and can be broadly applied to many biological and diagnostic applications where spectral detection is available.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University
- Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University
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Durham RJ, Jayaraman V. Single-Molecule FRET Analyses of NMDA Receptors. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2799:225-242. [PMID: 38727910 PMCID: PMC11164542 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3830-9_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) enables the real-time observation of conformational changes in a single protein molecule of interest. These observations are achieved by attaching fluorophores to proteins of interest in a site-specific manner and investigating the FRET between the fluorophores. Here we describe the method wherein the FRET is studied by adhering the protein molecules to a slide using affinity-based interactions and measuring the fluorophores' fluorescence intensity from a single molecule over time. The resulting information can be used to derive distance values for a point-to-point measurement within a protein or to calculate kinetic transition rates between various conformational states of a protein. Comparing these parameters between different conditions such as the presence of protein binding partners, application of ligands, or changes in the primary sequence of the protein can provide insights into protein structural changes as well as kinetics of these changes (if in the millisecond to second timescale) that underlie functional effects. Here we describe the procedure for conducting analyses of NMDA receptor conformational changes using the above methodology and provide a discussion of various considerations that affect the design, execution, and interpretation of similar smFRET studies.
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- Ryan J Durham
- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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Paudyal N, Das A, Carrillo E, Berka V, Jayaraman V. Partial agonism in heteromeric GLUK2/GLUK5 kainate receptor. Proteins 2023:10.1002/prot.26565. [PMID: 37526035 PMCID: PMC10830895 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
Abstract
Kainate receptors are a subtype of ionotropic glutamate receptors that form transmembrane channels upon binding glutamate. Here, we have investigated the mechanism of partial agonism in heteromeric GluK2/K5 receptors, where the GluK2 and GluK5 subunits have distinct agonist binding profiles. Using single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer, we found that at the bi-lobed agonist-binding domain, the partial agonist AMPA-bound receptor occupied intermediate cleft closure conformational states at the GluK2 cleft, compared to the more open cleft conformations in apo form and more closed cleft conformations in the full agonist glutamate-bound form. In contrast, there is no significant difference in cleft closure states at the GluK5 agonist-binding domain between the partial agonist AMPA- and full agonist glutamate-bound states. Additionally, unlike the glutamate-bound state, the dimer interface at the agonist-binding domain is not decoupled in the AMPA-bound state. Our findings suggest that partial agonism observed with AMPA binding is mediated primarily due to differences in the GluK2 subunit, highlighting the distinct contributions of the subunits towards activation.
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- Nabina Paudyal
- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
- MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
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- Center for Membrane Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030
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Hamilton GL, Saikia N, Basak S, Welcome FS, Wu F, Kubiak J, Zhang C, Hao Y, Seidel CAM, Ding F, Sanabria H, Bowen ME. Fuzzy supertertiary interactions within PSD-95 enable ligand binding. eLife 2022; 11:e77242. [PMID: 36069777 PMCID: PMC9581536 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The scaffold protein PSD-95 links postsynaptic receptors to sites of presynaptic neurotransmitter release. Flexible linkers between folded domains in PSD-95 enable a dynamic supertertiary structure. Interdomain interactions within the PSG supramodule, formed by PDZ3, SH3, and Guanylate Kinase domains, regulate PSD-95 activity. Here we combined discrete molecular dynamics and single molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to characterize the PSG supramodule, with time resolution spanning picoseconds to seconds. We used a FRET network to measure distances in full-length PSD-95 and model the conformational ensemble. We found that PDZ3 samples two conformational basins, which we confirmed with disulfide mapping. To understand effects on activity, we measured binding of the synaptic adhesion protein neuroligin. We found that PSD-95 bound neuroligin well at physiological pH while truncated PDZ3 bound poorly. Our hybrid structural models reveal how the supertertiary context of PDZ3 enables recognition of this critical synaptic ligand.
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- George L Hamilton
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson UniversityClemsonUnited States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson UniversityClemsonUnited States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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- Molecular Physical Chemistry, Heinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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- Molecular Physical Chemistry, Heinrich Heine UniversityDüsseldorfGermany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson UniversityClemsonUnited States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson UniversityClemsonUnited States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookUnited States
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Saikia N, Yanez-Orozco IS, Qiu R, Hao P, Milikisiyants S, Ou E, Hamilton GL, Weninger KR, Smirnova TI, Sanabria H, Ding F. Integrative structural dynamics probing of the conformational heterogeneity in synaptosomal-associated protein 25. CELL REPORTS. PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2021; 2:100616. [PMID: 34888535 PMCID: PMC8654206 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
SNAP-25 (synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa) is a prototypical intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) that is unstructured by itself but forms coiled-coil helices in the SNARE complex. With high conformational heterogeneity, detailed structural dynamics of unbound SNAP-25 remain elusive. Here, we report an integrative method to probe the structural dynamics of SNAP-25 by combining replica-exchange discrete molecular dynamics (rxDMD) simulations and label-based experiments at ensemble and single-molecule levels. The rxDMD simulations systematically characterize the coil-to-molten globular transition and reconstruct structural ensemble consistent with prior ensemble experiments. Label-based experiments using Förster resonance energy transfer and double electron-electron resonance further probe the conformational dynamics of SNAP-25. Agreements between simulations and experiments under both ensemble and single-molecule conditions allow us to assign specific helix-coil transitions in SNAP-25 that occur in submillisecond timescales and potentially play a vital role in forming the SNARE complex. We expect that this integrative approach may help further our understanding of IDPs.
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- Nabanita Saikia
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Navajo Technical University, Chinle, AZ 86503, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Ma J, Saikia N, Godar S, Hamilton GL, Ding F, Alper J, Sanabria H. Ensemble Switching Unveils a Kinetic Rheostat Mechanism of the Eukaryotic Thiamine Pyrophosphate Riboswitch. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 27:rna.075937.120. [PMID: 33863818 PMCID: PMC8208051 DOI: 10.1261/rna.075937.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) riboswitches regulate thiamine metabolism by inhibiting the translation of enzymes essential to thiamine synthesis pathways upon binding to thiamine pyrophosphate in cells across all domains of life. Recent work on the Arabidopsis thaliana TPP riboswitch suggests a multi-step TPP binding process involving multiple riboswitch configurational ensembles and that Mg2+ dependence underlies the mechanism of TPP recognition and subsequent transition to the expression-inhibiting state of the aptamer domain followed by changes in the expression platform. However, details of the relationship between TPP riboswitch conformational changes and interactions with TPP and Mg2+ ¬¬in the aptamer domain constituting this mechanism are unknown. Therefore, we integrated single-molecule multiparameter fluorescence and force spectroscopy with atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and found that conformational transitions within the aptamer domain's sensor helices associated with TPP and Mg2+ ligand binding occurred between at least five different ensembles on timescales ranging from µs to ms. These dynamics are orders of magnitude faster than the 10 second-timescale folding kinetics associated with expression-state switching in the switch sequence. Together, our results show that a TPP and Mg2+ dependent mechanism determines dynamic configurational state ensemble switching of the aptamer domain's sensor helices that regulates the stability of the switch helix, which ultimately may lead to the expression-inhibiting state of the riboswitch. Additionally, we propose that two pathways exist for ligand recognition and that this mechanism underlies a kinetic rheostat-like behavior of the Arabidopsis thaliana TPP riboswitch.
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- Junyan Ma
- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
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Medina E, Villalobos P, Hamilton GL, Komives EA, Sanabria H, Ramírez-Sarmiento CA, Babul J. Intrinsically Disordered Regions of the DNA-Binding Domain of Human FoxP1 Facilitate Domain Swapping. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:5411-5429. [PMID: 32735805 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Forkhead box P (FoxP) proteins are unique transcription factors that spatiotemporally regulate gene expression by tethering two chromosome loci together via functional domain-swapped dimers formed through their DNA-binding domains. Further, the differential kinetics on this dimerization mechanism underlie an intricate gene regulation network at physiological conditions. Nonetheless, poor understanding of the structural dynamics and steps of the association process impedes to link the functional domain swapping to human-associated diseases. Here, we have characterized the DNA-binding domain of human FoxP1 by integrating single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry data with molecular dynamics simulations. Our results confirm the formation of a previously postulated domain-swapped (DS) FoxP1 dimer in solution and reveal the presence of highly populated, heterogeneous, and locally disordered dimeric intermediates along the dimer dissociation pathway. The unique features of FoxP1 provide a glimpse of how intrinsically disordered regions can facilitate domain swapping oligomerization and other tightly regulated association mechanisms relevant in biological processes.
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- Exequiel Medina
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBio), Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Santiago 7800003, Chile.
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Tsytlonok M, Hemmen K, Hamilton G, Kolimi N, Felekyan S, Seidel CAM, Tompa P, Sanabria H. Specific Conformational Dynamics and Expansion Underpin a Multi-Step Mechanism for Specific Binding of p27 with Cdk2/Cyclin A. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:2998-3017. [PMID: 32088186 PMCID: PMC7254055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The protein p27, a prominent regulatory protein in eukaryotes and an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP), regulates cell division by causing cell cycle arrest when bound in ternary complex with cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk2) and cyclins (e.g., Cdk2/Cyclin A). We present an integrative study of p27 and its binding to Cdk2/Cyclin A complex by performing single-molecule multiparameter fluorescence spectroscopy, stopped-flow experiments, and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results suggest that unbound p27 adopts a compact conformation and undergoes conformational dynamics across several orders of magnitude in time (nano-to milliseconds), reflecting a multi-step mechanism for binding Cdk2/Cyclin A. Mutagenesis studies reveal that the region D1 in p27 plays a significant role in mediating the association kinetics, undergoing conformational rearrangement upon initial binding. Additionally, FRET experiments indicate an expansion of p27 throughout binding. The detected local and long-range structural dynamics suggest that p27 exhibits a limited binding surface in the unbound form, and stochastic conformational changes in D1 facilitate initial binding to Cdk2/Cyclin A complex. Furthermore, the post-kinase inhibitory domain (post-KID) region of p27 exchanges between distinct conformational ensembles: an extended regime exhibiting worm-like chain behavior, and a compact ensemble, which may protect p27 against nonspecific interactions. In summary, the binding interaction involves three steps: (i) D1 initiates binding, (ii) p27 wraps around Cdk2/Cyclin A and D2 binds, and (iii) the fully-formed fuzzy ternary complex is formed concomitantly with an extension of the post-KID region. An understanding of how the IDP nature of p27 underpins its functional interactions with Cdk2/Cyclin A provides insight into the complex binding mechanisms of IDPs and their regulatory mechanisms.
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- Maksym Tsytlonok
- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany; Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, 97078, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology (CSB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Physikalische Chemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
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Raghuraman H, Chatterjee S, Das A. Site-Directed Fluorescence Approaches for Dynamic Structural Biology of Membrane Peptides and Proteins. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:96. [PMID: 31608290 PMCID: PMC6774292 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Membrane proteins mediate a number of cellular functions and are associated with several diseases and also play a crucial role in pathogenicity. Due to their importance in cellular structure and function, they are important drug targets for ~60% of drugs available in the market. Despite the technological advancement and recent successful outcomes in determining the high-resolution structural snapshot of membrane proteins, the mechanistic details underlining the complex functionalities of membrane proteins is least understood. This is largely due to lack of structural dynamics information pertaining to different functional states of membrane proteins in a membrane environment. Fluorescence spectroscopy is a widely used technique in the analysis of functionally-relevant structure and dynamics of membrane protein. This review is focused on various site-directed fluorescence (SDFL) approaches and their applications to explore structural information, conformational changes, hydration dynamics, and lipid-protein interactions of important classes of membrane proteins that include the pore-forming peptides/proteins, ion channels/transporters and G-protein coupled receptors.
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- H. Raghuraman
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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Chatterjee S, Ade C, Nurik CE, Carrejo NC, Dutta C, Jayaraman V, Landes CF. Phosphorylation Induces Conformational Rigidity at the C-Terminal Domain of AMPA Receptors. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:130-137. [PMID: 30537817 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
The intracellular C-terminal domain (CTD) of AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptor undergoes phosphorylation at specific locations during long-term potentiation. This modification enhances conductance through the AMPA receptor ion channel and thus potentially plays a crucial role in modulating receptor trafficking and signaling. However, because the CTD structure is largely unresolved, it is difficult to establish if phosphorylation induces conformational changes that might play a role in enhancing channel conductance. Herein, we utilize single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) spectroscopy to probe the conformational changes of a section of the AMPA receptor CTD, under the conditions of point-mutated phosphomimicry. Multiple analysis algorithms fail to identify stable conformational states within the smFRET distributions, consistent with a lack of well-defined secondary structure. Instead, our results show that phosphomimicry induces conformational rigidity to the CTD, and such rigidity is electrostatically tunable.
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- Sudeshna Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Texas Health Medical School , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Texas Health Medical School , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States.,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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Ingargiola A, Weiss S, Lerner E. Monte Carlo Diffusion-Enhanced Photon Inference: Distance Distributions and Conformational Dynamics in Single-Molecule FRET. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:11598-11615. [PMID: 30252475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is utilized to study the structure and dynamics of many biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, and their various complexes. The structural assessment is based on the well-known Förster relationship between the measured efficiency of energy transfer between a donor (D) and an acceptor (A) dye and the distance between them. Classical smFRET analysis methods called photon distribution analysis (PDA) take into account photon shot-noise, D-A distance distribution, and, more recently, interconversion between states in order to extract accurate distance information. It is known that rapid D-A distance fluctuations on the order of the D lifetime (or shorter) can increase the measured mean FRET efficiency and thus decrease the estimated D-A distance. Nonetheless, this effect has been so far neglected in smFRET experiments, potentially leading to biases in estimated distances. Here we introduce a PDA approach dubbed Monte Carlo diffusion-enhanced photon inference (MC-DEPI). MC-DEPI recolor detected photons of smFRET experiments taking into account dynamics of D-A distance fluctuations, multiple interconverting states, and photoblinking. Using this approach, we show how different underlying conditions may yield identical FRET histograms and how the additional information from fluorescence decays helps in distinguishing between the different conditions. We also introduce a machine learning fitting approach for retrieving the D-A distance distribution, decoupled from the above-mentioned effects. We show that distance interpretation of smFRET experiments of even the simplest dsDNA is nontrivial and requires decoupling the effects of rapid D-A distance fluctuations on FRET in order to avoid systematic biases in the estimation of the D-A distance distribution.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonino Ingargiola
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , United States.,Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences , The Hebrew University , Jerusalem , Israel
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Yanez Orozco IS, Mindlin FA, Ma J, Wang B, Levesque B, Spencer M, Rezaei Adariani S, Hamilton G, Ding F, Bowen ME, Sanabria H. Identifying weak interdomain interactions that stabilize the supertertiary structure of the N-terminal tandem PDZ domains of PSD-95. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3724. [PMID: 30214057 PMCID: PMC6137104 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06133-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous studies of the N-terminal PDZ tandem from PSD-95 produced divergent models and failed to identify interdomain contacts stabilizing the structure. We used ensemble and single-molecule FRET along with replica-exchange molecular dynamics to fully characterize the energy landscape. Simulations and experiments identified two conformations: an open-like conformation with a small contact interface stabilized by salt bridges, and a closed-like conformation with a larger contact interface stabilized by surface-exposed hydrophobic residues. Both interfaces were confirmed experimentally. Proximity of interdomain contacts to the binding pockets may explain the observed coupling between conformation and binding. The low-energy barrier between conformations allows submillisecond dynamics, which were time-averaged in previous NMR and FRET studies. Moreover, the small contact interfaces were likely overridden by lattice contacts as crystal structures were rarely sampled in simulations. Our hybrid approach can identify transient interdomain interactions, which are abundant in multidomain proteins yet often obscured by dynamic averaging.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
- Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technology, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
- Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technology, Clemson, SC, USA.
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