FRET characterization of protein ensembles and protein-ligand binding

Assessment of protein-ligand binding sites/modes and protein conformational preferences through FRET experiments and multiscale simulations

Institution:

Institution

Research Group:

Computational Photobiology Lab (CPL)

Researcher/s:

Carles Curutchet
Özge Ergün

FRET characterization of protein ensembles and protein-ligand binding

Description:

Structure-based simulation of Förster Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) properties from Molecular Dynamics (MD) trajectories combined with polarizable QM/MM models for excited states, and then validation of the MD ensembles by comparison of experimental and simulated FRET efficiencies

Type of asset:

Service

Category:

Life Sciences

Problem:

Validate atomistic structural models of protein-ligand binding and protein conformational ensembles

Solution:

Validate structural models by FRET experiments and simulations

Aplication areas:

Structure-based drug design

Novelty:

Validation of MD ensembles with FRET experiments based on the direct comparison of spectroscopic properties, not on the comparison of donor-acceptor distances derived with Förster approximation from the experiments

Protection:

N/A

Target market:

Pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies

TRL: 2

CRL: 2

BRL: 1

IPRL: 1

TmRL: 2

FRL: 3

Impacted SDGs:
N/A

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