Two-colour single-molecule photoinduced electron transfer fluorescence imaging microscopy of chaperone dynamics

Jonathan Schubert, Andrea Schulze, Chrisostomos Prodromou and Hannes Neuweiler ()
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Jonathan Schubert: Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
Andrea Schulze: Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
Chrisostomos Prodromou: University of Sussex, Falmer
Hannes Neuweiler: Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Many proteins are molecular machines, whose function is dependent on multiple conformational changes that are initiated and tightly controlled through biochemical stimuli. Their mechanistic understanding calls for spectroscopy that can probe simultaneously such structural coordinates. Here we present two-colour fluorescence microscopy in combination with photoinduced electron transfer (PET) probes as a method that simultaneously detects two structural coordinates in single protein molecules, one colour per coordinate. This contrasts with the commonly applied resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique that requires two colours per coordinate. We demonstrate the technique by directly and simultaneously observing three critical structural changes within the Hsp90 molecular chaperone machinery. Our results reveal synchronicity of conformational motions at remote sites during ATPase-driven closure of the Hsp90 molecular clamp, providing evidence for a cooperativity mechanism in the chaperone’s catalytic cycle. Single-molecule PET fluorescence microscopy opens up avenues in the multi-dimensional exploration of protein dynamics and allosteric mechanisms.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27286-5

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