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Synthetic and genetic dimers as quantification ruler for single-molecule counting with PALM.


ABSTRACT: How membrane proteins oligomerize determines their function. Superresolution microscopy can report on protein clustering and extract quantitative molecular information. Here, we evaluate the blinking kinetics of four photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for quantitative single-molecule microscopy. We identified mEos3.2 and mMaple3 to be suitable for molecular quantification through blinking histogram analysis. We designed synthetic and genetic dimers of mEos3.2 as well as fusion proteins of monomeric and dimeric membrane proteins as reference structures, and we demonstrate their versatile use for quantitative superresolution imaging in vitro and in situ. We further found that the blinking behavior of mEos3.2 and mMaple3 is modified by a reducing agent, offering the possibility to adjust blinking parameters according to experimental needs.

SUBMITTER: Baldering TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Synthetic and genetic dimers as quantification ruler for single-molecule counting with PALM.

Baldering Tim N TN   Dietz Marina S MS   Gatterdam Karl K   Karathanasis Christos C   Wieneke Ralph R   Tampé Robert R   Heilemann Mike M  

Molecular biology of the cell 20190410 12


How membrane proteins oligomerize determines their function. Superresolution microscopy can report on protein clustering and extract quantitative molecular information. Here, we evaluate the blinking kinetics of four photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for quantitative single-molecule microscopy. We identified mEos3.2 and mMaple3 to be suitable for molecular quantification through blinking histogram analysis. We designed synthetic and genetic dimers of mEos3.2 as well as fusion proteins of mon  ...[more]

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