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A molecular ruler for measuring quantitative distance distributions.


ABSTRACT: We report a novel molecular ruler for measurement of distances and distance distributions with accurate external calibration. Using solution X-ray scattering we determine the scattering interference between two gold nanocrystal probes attached site-specifically to a macromolecule of interest. Fourier transformation of the interference pattern provides a model-independent probability distribution for the distances between the probe centers-of-mass. To test the approach, we measure end-to-end distances for a variety of DNA structures. We demonstrate that measurements with independently prepared samples and using different X-ray sources are highly reproducible, we demonstrate the quantitative accuracy of the first and second moments of the distance distributions, and we demonstrate that the technique recovers complex distribution shapes. Distances measured with the solution scattering-interference ruler match the corresponding crystallographic values, but differ from distances measured previously with alternate ruler techniques. The X-ray scattering interference ruler should be a powerful tool for relating crystal structures to solution structures and for studying molecular fluctuations.

SUBMITTER: Mathew-Fenn RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566812 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A molecular ruler for measuring quantitative distance distributions.

Mathew-Fenn Rebecca S RS   Das Rhiju R   Silverman Joshua A JA   Walker Peter A PA   Harbury Pehr A B PA  

PloS one 20081017 10


We report a novel molecular ruler for measurement of distances and distance distributions with accurate external calibration. Using solution X-ray scattering we determine the scattering interference between two gold nanocrystal probes attached site-specifically to a macromolecule of interest. Fourier transformation of the interference pattern provides a model-independent probability distribution for the distances between the probe centers-of-mass. To test the approach, we measure end-to-end dist  ...[more]

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