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SINGLE-MOLECULE PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS IN ENZYMATIC REACTIONS AND CELL SIGNALING
发布时间:2009-07-25      点击量:1251
主讲人:Professor 陆宏
讲座地点:北大新生物楼411 会议室
讲座日期:2009-07-24
联系人:Prof. Xiao-Dong Su ([email protected])
 


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. We applied single-molecule spectroscopy to study the mechanisms and dynamics of enzymatic reactions involved with kinase and lysozyme proteins.  Enzymatic reaction turn-overs 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.  We have demonstrated a specific statistical analysis to reveal single-molecule FRET anti-correlated fluctuations from a high background of fluorescence correlated thermal fluctuations.  Our new approach is applicable to a wide range of single-molecule FRET measurements for protein conformational changes under enzymatic reactions.  We have also explored a combined approach, applying molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and a random-walk model based on the single-molecule experimental data.  Using this approach, we analyzed enzyme-substrate complex formation dynamics to reveal (1) multiple intermediate conformational states, (2) oscillatory conformational motions, and (3) a conformational memory effect in the chemical reaction process.    

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