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Mapping the structure and conformational movements of proteins with transition metal ion FRET.


ABSTRACT: Visualizing conformational dynamics in proteins has been difficult, and the atomic-scale motions responsible for the behavior of most allosteric proteins are unknown. Here we report that fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between a small fluorescent dye and a nickel ion bound to a dihistidine motif can be used to monitor small structural rearrangements in proteins. This method provides several key advantages over classical FRET, including the ability to measure the dynamics of close-range interactions, the use of small probes with short linkers, a low orientation dependence, and the ability to add and remove unique tunable acceptors. We used this 'transition metal ion FRET' approach along with X-ray crystallography to determine the structural changes of the gating ring of the mouse hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-regulated ion channel HCN2. Our results suggest a general model for the conformational switch in the cyclic nucleotide-binding site of cyclic nucleotide-regulated ion channels.

SUBMITTER: Taraska JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2738593 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mapping the structure and conformational movements of proteins with transition metal ion FRET.

Taraska Justin W JW   Puljung Michael C MC   Olivier Nelson B NB   Flynn Galen E GE   Zagotta William N WN  

Nature methods 20090614 7


Visualizing conformational dynamics in proteins has been difficult, and the atomic-scale motions responsible for the behavior of most allosteric proteins are unknown. Here we report that fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between a small fluorescent dye and a nickel ion bound to a dihistidine motif can be used to monitor small structural rearrangements in proteins. This method provides several key advantages over classical FRET, including the ability to measure the dynamics of close-r  ...[more]

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