A ClyA nanopore tweezer for analysis of functional states of protein-ligand interactions
Li, X.; Lee, K. H.; Chen, J.; Chen, M.
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Conformational changes of proteins are essential to their functions. Yet it remains challenging to measure the amplitudes and timescales of protein motions. Here we show that the ClyA nanopore can be used as a molecular tweezer to trap a single maltose-binding protein (MBP) within its lumen, which allows conformation changes to be monitored as electrical current fluctuations in real time. The current measurements revealed three distinct ligand-bound states for MBP in the presence of reducing saccharides. Our biochemical and kinetic analysis reveal that these three states represented MBP bound to different isomers of reducing sugars. These findings shed light on the mechanism of substrate recognition by MBP and illustrate that the nanopore tweezer is a powerful, label-free, single-molecule approach for studying protein conformational dynamics under functional conditions.
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