TY - JOUR
T1 - Transmembrane helix heterodimerization in lipid bilayers
T2 - Probing the energetics behind autosomal dominant growth disorders
AU - Merzlyakov, Mikhail
AU - You, Min
AU - Li, Edwin
AU - Hristova, Kalina
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Xue Han for technical assistance and Dr W. C. Wimley for reading the manuscript prior to publication. This work was supported by Research Scholar Grant RSG-04-201-01 from the American Cancer Society (to K.H.) and, in part, by NSF MCB-0315663 (to K.H.).
PY - 2006/4/21
Y1 - 2006/4/21
N2 - Here, we show that the energetics of transmembrane helix heterodimer formation can be characterized in liposomes using Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). We present the theory and the protocol for measuring the free energy of heterodimerization, and the total (hetero and homo-dimeric) dimer fraction. We use the presented methodology to determine the propensity for heterodimer formation between wild-type fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) transmembrane domain and the Ala391Glu mutant, linked to Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans.
AB - Here, we show that the energetics of transmembrane helix heterodimer formation can be characterized in liposomes using Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). We present the theory and the protocol for measuring the free energy of heterodimerization, and the total (hetero and homo-dimeric) dimer fraction. We use the presented methodology to determine the propensity for heterodimer formation between wild-type fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) transmembrane domain and the Ala391Glu mutant, linked to Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans.
KW - FRET
KW - Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3
KW - Heterodimer
KW - Receptor tyrosine kinase
KW - Transmembrane domain
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.086
DO - 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.086
M3 - Article
C2 - 16500676
AN - SCOPUS:33645096586
SN - 0022-2836
VL - 358
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Journal of Molecular Biology
JF - Journal of Molecular Biology
IS - 1
ER -