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FRETting about the affinity of bimolecular protein-protein interactions.

ABSTRACT: Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a powerful tool to study macromolecular interactions such as protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Fluorescent protein (FP) fusions enable FRET-based PPI analysis of signaling pathways and molecular structure in living cells. Despite FRET's importance in PPI studies, FRET has seen limited use in quantifying the affinities of PPIs in living cells. Here, we have explored the relationship between FRET efficiency and PPI affinity over a wide range when expressed from a single plasmid system in Escherichia coli. Using live-cell microscopy and a set of 20 pairs of small interacting proteins, belonging to different structural folds and interaction affinities, we demonstrate that FRET efficiency can reliably measure the dissociation constant (KD ) over a range of mM to nM. A 10-fold increase in the interaction affinity results in 0.05 unit increase in FRET efficiency, providing sufficient resolution to quantify large affinity differences (> 10-fold) using live-cell FRET. This approach provides a rapid and simple strategy for assessment of PPI affinities over a wide range and will have utility for high-throughput analysis of protein interactions.

SUBMITTER: Lin T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6199148 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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