A programmable DNA origami nanospring that reveals force-induced adjacent binding of myosin VI heads

Mechanosensitive biological nanomachines such as motor proteins and ion channels regulate diverse cellular behaviour. Combined optical trapping with single-molecule fluorescence imaging provides a powerful methodology to clearly characterize the mechanoresponse, structural dynamics and stability of...

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Published in:Nature communications 2016-12, Vol.7 (1), p.13715-13715, Article 13715
Main Authors: Iwaki, M., Wickham, S. F., Ikezaki, K., Yanagida, T., Shih, W. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological Transport
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Load
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Microscopy
multidisciplinary
Myosin Heavy Chains - chemistry
Myosin Heavy Chains - ultrastructure
Nanotechnology
Optical Imaging
Optics
Proteins
Quantum dots
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:Mechanosensitive biological nanomachines such as motor proteins and ion channels regulate diverse cellular behaviour. Combined optical trapping with single-molecule fluorescence imaging provides a powerful methodology to clearly characterize the mechanoresponse, structural dynamics and stability of such nanomachines. However, this system requires complicated experimental geometry, preparation and optics, and is limited by low data-acquisition efficiency. Here we develop a programmable DNA origami nanospring that overcomes these issues. We apply our nanospring to human myosin VI, a mechanosensory motor protein, and demonstrate nanometre-precision single-molecule fluorescence imaging of the individual motor domains (heads) under force. We observe force-induced transitions of myosin VI heads from non-adjacent to adjacent binding, which correspond to adapted roles for low-load and high-load transport, respectively. Our technique extends single-molecule studies under force and clarifies the effect of force on biological processes. Characterizing the mechanical response of molecular motors involves the use of methods such as optical trapping to apply force. Here the authors develop a DNA origami nanospring to apply progressive force to human myosin VI, and discover that it adopts different stepping modes when subjected to low load or high load.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/ncomms13715