Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

A biosensor-based framework to measure latent proteostasis capacity

  • Rebecca J. Wood,
  • Angelique R. Ormsby,
  • Mona Radwan,
  • Dezerae Cox,
  • Abhishek Sharma,
  • Tobias Vöpel,
  • Simon Ebbinghaus,
  • Mikael Oliveberg,
  • Gavin E. Reid,
  • Alex Dickson,
  • Danny M. Hatters

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02562-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A pool of quality control proteins (QC) maintains the protein-folding homeostasis in the cell, but its quantitative analysis is challenging. Here the authors develop a FRET sensor based on the protein barnase, able to quantify QC holdase activity and its ability to suppress protein aggregation.