Quantitative time domain analysis of lifetime-based FRET measurements with fluorescent proteins: static random isotropic fluorophore orientation distributions
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Author(s)
Alexandrov, Yuriy
Nikolic, Dino Solar
Dunsby, Chris
French, Paul MW
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) measurements are widely used to obtain information about molecular interactions and conformations through the dependence of FRET efficiency on the proximity of donor and acceptor fluorophores. Fluorescence lifetime measurements can provide quantitative analysis of FRET efficiency and interacting population fraction. Many FRET experiments exploit the highly specific labelling of genetically expressed fluorescent proteins, applicable in live cells and organisms. Unfortunately, the typical assumption of fast randomization of fluorophore orientations in the analysis of fluorescence lifetime-based FRET readouts is not valid for fluorescent proteins due to their slow rotational mobility compared to their upper state lifetime. Here, previous analysis of effectively static isotropic distributions of fluorophore dipoles on FRET measurements is incorporated into new software for fitting donor emission decay profiles. Calculated FRET parameters, including molar population fractions, are compared for the analysis of simulated and experimental FRET data under the assumption of static and dynamic fluorophores and the intermediate regimes between fully dynamic and static fluorophores, and mixtures within FRET pairs, is explored. Finally, a method to correct the artefact resulting from fitting the emission from static FRET pairs with isotropic angular distributions to the (incorrect) typically assumed dynamic FRET decay model is presented.
Date Issued
2018-07-01
Date Acceptance
2018-03-23
Citation
Journal of Biophotonics, 2018, 11 (7)
ISSN
1864-063X
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Biophotonics
Volume
11
Issue
7
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Authors. Journal of Biophotonics published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29582566
Grant Number
MR/K015834/1
BB/M006786/1
Subjects
Fluorescence
Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET)
biosensors
fluorescent proteins
molecular dynamics
protein interactions
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Germany
Article Number
ARTN e201700366
Date Publish Online
2018-03-27