Chapter title |
Single-Molecule Approaches for the Characterization of Riboswitch Folding Mechanisms
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
DNA-Protein Interactions
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2015
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-2877-4_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-2876-7, 978-1-4939-2877-4
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Authors |
Julien Boudreault, D. Cibran Perez-Gonzalez, J. Carlos Penedo, Daniel A. Lafontaine, Boudreault, Julien, Perez-Gonzalez, D. Cibran, Penedo, J. Carlos, Lafontaine, Daniel A. |
Abstract |
Riboswitches are highly structured RNA molecules that control genetic expression by altering their structure as a function of metabolite binding. Accumulating evidence suggests that riboswitch structures are highly dynamic and perform conformational exchange between structural states that are important for the outcome of genetic regulation. To understand how ligand binding influences the folding of riboswitches, it is important to monitor in real time the riboswitch folding pathway as a function of experimental conditions. Single-molecule FRET (sm-FRET) is unique among biophysical techniques to study riboswitch conformational changes as it allows to both monitor steady-state populations of riboswitch conformers and associated interconversion dynamics. Since FRET fluorophores can be attached to virtually any nucleotide position, FRET assays can be adapted to monitor specific conformational changes, thus enabling to deduce complex riboswitch folding pathways. Herein, we show how to employ sm-FRET to study the folding pathway of the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and how this can be used to understand very specific conformational changes that are at the heart of riboswitch regulation mechanism. |
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