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Pick: 1) an article, 2) a review article, and 3) some general textbook(s)

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plus a ½ - 1 page write up.1) Why you are interested in it,

2) What you think major technical innovation is, 3) What is main biological point.

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FRET

FRET: measuring conformational changes of (single) biomolecules

Distance dependent interactions between green and red light bulbs can be used to deduce the shape of the scissors during the function.

FRET useful for 20-80Å

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)

EnergyTransfer

Donor Acceptor

Dipole-dipole Distant-dependentEnergy transfer

AD

R0AD

D A

R (Å)0 25 50 75 100

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Spectroscopic Ruler for measuring nm-scale distances, binding

Time

Time

Look at relative amounts of green & red

Energy Transfer goes like…

60 )/(1

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6

0 )/(1

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RRE

or ?

Take limit…

FRET is so useful becauseRo (2-8 nm) is often ideal

Bigger Ro (>8 nm) can use FIONA-type techniques

Terms in Ro

61

2421.0 nJqRo Din Angstroms

• J is the normalized spectral overlap of the donor emission (fD) and acceptor absorption (A)

• qD is the quantum efficiency (or quantum yield) for donor

emission in the absence of acceptor (qD = number of photons

emitted divided by number of photons absorbed). • n is the index of refraction (1.33 for water; 1.29 for many organic molecules).• is a geometric factor related to the relative orientation of the transition dipoles of the donor and acceptor and their relative orientation in space.

60 )/(1

1

RRE

Donor Emission

http://mekentosj.com/science/fret/

Donor Emission

http://mekentosj.com/science/fret/

Acceptor Emission

Acceptor Emission

Spectral Overlap terms

http://mekentosj.com/science/fret/

Spectral Overlap between Donor & Acceptor Emission

For CFP and YFP, Ro, or Förster radius, is 49-52Å.

(J)

With a measureable E.T. signal

http://mekentosj.com/science/fret/

E.T. leads to decrease in Donor Emission & Increase in Acceptor Emission

Terms in Ro

61

2421.0 nJqRo D in Angstroms

where J is the normalized spectral overlap of the donor emission (fD) and acceptor absorption (A)

(Draw out a() and fd() and show how you calculate J.)

Orientation Factor

where DA is the angle between the donor and acceptor transition dipole moments, D (A) is the angle between the donor (acceptor) transition dipole moment and the R vector joining the two dyes.

2 ranges from 0 if all angles are 90°, to 4 if all angles are 0°, and equals 2/3 if the donor and acceptor rapidly and completely rotate during the donor excited state lifetime.

x

y

z

D

AR A

DDA

This assumption assumes D and A probes exhibit a high degree of rotational motion

2 is usually not known and is assumed to have a value of 2/3 (Randomized distribution)

The spatial relationship between the DONOR emission dipole moment and the ACCEPTOR absorption dipole moment

(0< 2 >4)2 often = 2/3

How to measure Energy TransferDonor intensity decrease, donor lifetime decrease,

acceptor increase.

E.T. by increase in acceptor fluorescence and compare it to residual donor emission.

Need to compare one sample at two and also measure their quantum yields.

E.T. by changes in donor.Need to compare two samples,

d-only, and D-A.

Where are the donor’s intensity, and excited state lifetime in the presence of acceptor, and ________ are the same but without the acceptor.

AD

R0AD

D A

Time

Time

Example of Energy TransferStryer & Haugland, PNAS, 1967

Donor Linker AcceptorSpectral Overlap

Energy Transfer

Stryer & Haugland, PNAS, 1967

Sua Myong*Michael Brunoϯ

Anna M. Pyleϯ

Taekjip Ha*

* University of IllinoisϮ Yale University

Unzipping mystery of helicases

Ha et al, Nature (2002)

FR

ET

time

Active form of helicase

Helicases separate (unzip) two DNA strands. We can measure very transient intermediates during unzipping using single molecule techniques.

About HCV NS3 helicase1. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a deadly virus affecting 170 million

people in the world, but no cure or vaccine.

2. Non-Structural protein 3 (NS3) is essential for viral replication.

3. NS3 is composed of serine protease and a helicase domain

4. NS3 unwinds both RNA and DNA duplexes with 3’ overhang

5. In vivo, NS3 may assist polymerase by resolving RNA secondary structures or displacing other proteins.

Dumont, Cheng, Serebrov, Beran,Tinoco Jr., Pyle, Bustamante.Nature (2006)

Steps (~11 bp) and substeps (2-5 bp) in NS3 catalyzed RNA unwinding

under assisting force

Watching Helicase in Action!

0 5 10 15 20 25 300.0

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ATP

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 400.0

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ATP

SIX steps in 18 bp unwinding [NS3]=25nM[ATP]=4mMTemp = 32oC

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 200.0

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1.0 D 5 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr210_D

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 160.0

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1.0 D 5 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr244_D

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 180.0

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1.0 D 5 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr80_D

0 2 4 6 8 100.0

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1.0 D 5 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr269_D

-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 200.0

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1.0 D 5 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr289_D

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 400.0

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1.0 D 9 point AA Smoothing of hel15tr363_D

tr1 tr2 tr3

tr4 tr5 tr6

[NS3]=25nM[ATP]=4mMTemp = 32oC

12

34

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6

More traces with Six steps

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ATP

5 10 15 20 25 30 350.0

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THREE steps in 9 bp unwinding [NS3]=25nM[ATP]=4mMTemp = 32oC

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0

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FRET enter

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exi

t00.66671.3332.0002.6673.3334.0004.6675.3336.0006.6677.3338.0008.6679.33310.0010.6711.3312.0012.6713.3314.0014.6715.3316.0016.6717.3318.0018.6719.3320.00

Transition Density Plot (6 steps)

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0

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00.76001.5202.2803.0403.8004.5605.3206.0806.8407.6008.3609.1209.88010.6411.4012.1612.9213.6814.4415.2015.9616.7217.4818.2419.00

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0

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00.36330.72671.0901.4531.8172.1802.5432.9073.2703.6333.9974.3604.7235.0875.4505.8136.1776.5406.9037.2677.6307.9938.3578.7209.0839.4479.81010.1710.5410.90

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.00.0

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01.0802.1603.2404.3205.4006.4807.5608.6409.72010.8011.8812.9614.0415.1216.2017.2818.3619.4420.5221.6022.6823.7624.8425.9227.00

70 molecules 60 molecules

167 molecules50 molecules

Transition Density Plot (3 steps)

67 molecules 65 molecules

Is each step due to one rate limiting stepi.e. one ATP hydrolysis?

-> Build dwell time histograms

Non-exponential dwell time histograms

Smallest substep = Single basepair !

dwell time (sec)

k k k

n irreversible steps

ktn et 1

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n 3.06573k 1.54921

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n 2.71815k 0.89507

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n 3.13406k 0.47806

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Independent measurements yield n value close to 3

A model for how NS3 moves (next lecture)

Myong et al, Science,2007

Why are threonine’s involved?

What’s the evidence for this?

Read original article!

We made a little movie out of our results and a bit of imagination. The two domains over the DNA move in inchworm manner, one base at a time per ATP while the domain below the DNA stays anchored to the

DNA through its interaction, possibly the tryptophan residue. Eventually, enough tension builds and DNA is unzipped in a three base pairs burst.

A movie for how NS3 moves (next lecture)

Class evaluation

1. What was the most interesting thing you learned in class today?

2. What are you confused about?

3. Related to today’s subject, what would you like to know more about?

4. Any helpful comments.

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