In Vitro Single Molecules Single molecule enzymology Yonil Jung Ever fluctuating single enzyme molecules: Michaselis-Menten equation revisited Nonspecifically bound proteins spin while diffusing along DNA Mass action at the single-molecule level
Single molecule studies
Key papers in single-molecule enzymology Alex E. Knight, Single enzyme studies: A historical perspective, 2011
Experimental scheme BP English et al. Nature Chemical Biology 2, 87 ‐ 94 (2006)
Turnover time traces
Michaelis-Menten equation with dynamic disorder 10 M 20 M 50 M 100 M Mono-exponential Multi-exponential
Mono-exponential Multi-exponential
Memory effects of a single enzyme molecule
2D joint probability distribution
Non-specific DNA-protein interaction PC Blainey et al. Nature Structural & molecular Biology 16, 1224 ‐ 1229 (2009)
Experimental Scheme
Diffusion constants 1. One dimensional diffusion 2. Rotation-coupled translational diffusion k R D = kR3kR3 F
Effect of protein size on diffusion constants
Rotation-coupled translation
Analysis of diverse set of DNA- binding proteins
Small energy barriers in helical sliding
Interactions between two molecules by single molecule study Typical in vitro single molecule studies: few picomolar to nanomolar
Decreasing detection volume MJ Levene et al. Science 299, 682 ‐ 686 (2003)
JJ Ben ́ıtez et al. Methods in enzymology 472, 41 ‐ 60 (2010) Increasing local concentration by confinement
Reversibly encapsulating molecules by nanofabricated “dimples” Min Ju Shon and Adam E. Cohen. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (35), 14618–14623 (2012)
Molecular affinity probed by joint occupancy