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Abstract

Bioengineering

Molecular Spring Constant Analysis by Biomembrane Force Probe Spectroscopy

Published: November 20th, 2021

DOI:

10.3791/62490

1School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney, 2Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, 3Heart Research Institute, 4Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 5School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney

Abstract

A biomembrane force probe (BFP) has recently emerged as a native-cell-surface or in situ dynamic force spectroscopy (DFS) nanotool that can measure single-molecular binding kinetics, assess mechanical properties of ligand-receptor interactions, visualize protein dynamic conformational changes and more excitingly elucidate receptor mediated cell mechanosensing mechanisms. More recently, BFP has been used to measure the spring constant of molecular bonds. This protocol describes the step-by-step procedure to perform molecular spring constant DFS analysis. Specifically, two BFP operation modes are discussed, namely the Bead-Cell and Bead-Bead modes. This protocol focuses on deriving spring constants of the molecular bond and cell from DFS raw data.

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Keywords Molecular Spring Constant

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