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Single-molecule Protein Conformational Dynamics in Enzymatic Reactions and Cell Signaling

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日時 4月24日(月) 14:00 – 15:00
場所 北海道大学電子科学研究所(北キャンパス総合研究棟5号館)1階会議室
講演者 Peter Lu
所属等 Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor Department of Chemistry Center for Photochemical Sciences Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA
タイトル Single-molecule Protein Conformational Dynamics in Enzymatic Reactions and Cell Signaling
概要 Enzymatic reactions are traditionally studied at the ensemble level, despite significant static and dynamic inhomogeneities. Subtle conformational changes play a crucial role in protein functions, and these protein conformations are highly dynamic rather than being static. We applied single-molecule spectroscopy to study the mechanisms and dynamics of enzymatic reactions involved with kinase and lysozyme proteins. Enzymatic reaction turnovers and the associated structure changes of individual protein molecules were observed simultaneously in real-time by single-molecule FRET detections. We obtained the rates for single-molecule conformational active-site open-close fluctuation and correlated enzymatic reactions. Our new approach is applicable to a wide range of single-molecule FRET measurements for protein conformational changes under enzymatic reactions and protein-protein interactions in cell signaling. Using this approach, we analyzed enzyme-substrate complex formation dynamics to reveal (1) multiple intermediate conformational states, (2) conformational motions involving in active complex formation and product releasing from the enzymatic active site, and (3) conformational memory effects in the chemical reaction process. Furthermore, we have applied AFM-enhanced single-molecule spectroscopy to study the mechanisms and dynamics of enzymatic reactions. We obtained the rates for single-molecule conformational active-site open-close fluctuation and correlated enzymatic reactions. We have demonstrated a specific statistical analysis to reveal single-molecule FRET anticorrelated fluctuations from a high background of fluorescence correlated thermal fluctuations. Our new approach is applicable to a wide range of single-molecule AFM-FRET measurements for protein conformational changes under enzymatic reactions, including AFM-FRET control of enzymatic reactivity by mechanical-force manipulating protein conformations.
Selected Publications
  • Probing Conformational Dynamics of Enzymatic Active Site by an In Situ Single Fluorogenic Probe under picoNewton Force Manipulation, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 113, 15006-15011 (2016).
  • Interrogating the Activities of Conformational Deformed Enzyme by Single Molecule Fluorescence-Magnetic Tweezers Microscopy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,112,13904-13909 (2015).
  • Single-molecule spectroscopy reveals how calmodulin activates NO synthase by controlling its conformational fluctuation dynamics, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 112, 11835-11840 (2015)
  • Enzymes in Coherent Motion, Science, 335, 300-301 (2012)
  • Probing Single-Molecule Protein Conformational Dynamics, Acc. Chem. Res. 38, 557-565 (2005)
  • Single-molecule enzymatic dynamics, Science 282, 1877-1882 (1998)
  • Single-molecule spectral fluctuations at room temperature, Nature 385, 143 (1997)
主催 北海道大学電子科学研究所 学術交流委員会
連絡先 電子科学研究所 分子フォトニクス研究分野 教授 Biju Vasudevan Pillai(内 9407)
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