Single-Molecule FRET X

Mike Filius, Raman van Wee, Chirlmin Joo

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Abstract

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a photophysical phenomenon that has been repurposed as a biophysical tool to measure nanometer distances. With FRET by DNA eXchange, or FRET X, many points of interest (POIs) in a single object can be probed, overcoming a major limitation of conventional single-molecule FRET. In FRET X, short fluorescently labeled DNA imager strands specifically and transiently bind their complementary docking strands on a target molecule, such that at most a single FRET pair is formed at each point in time and multiple POIs on a single molecule can be readily probed. Here, we describe the sample preparation, image acquisition, and data analysis for structural analysis of DNA nanostructures with FRET X.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages203-213
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2694
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

Keywords

  • DNA nanotechnology
  • FRET X
  • Single-molecule FRET
  • Single-molecule multiplexing
  • Structural biology

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