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electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy

Assay Method·Research·Since 2017

Also known as: ELDOR spectroscopy, electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy

Taxonomy: Technique Branch / Method. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.

Summary

Electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy is a structural assay method that, when combined with site-directed spin labelling, was used to chart light-induced structural transitions in the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1. In the cited study, it provided pairwise distance information used to model blue-light-driven quaternary rearrangements in a signaling photoreceptor.

Usefulness & Problems

Why this is useful

This method is useful for resolving light-dependent structural changes in proteins that are difficult to infer from sequence or endpoint functional readouts alone. The cited work indicates that ELDOR-based distance constraints can provide mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases and inform molecular simulations and receptor engineering.

Problem solved

It addresses the problem of experimentally charting blue-light-induced conformational and quaternary transitions in signaling proteins such as YF1. Specifically, it enables extraction of pairwise distance constraints from spin-labelled sites to support structural modelling of signal propagation.

Problem links

Need conditional control of signaling activity

Derived

Electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy, used with site-directed spin labelling, is an assay method for charting light-induced structural transitions in proteins. In the cited work, it was applied to the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1 to derive pair-wise distance constraints and model blue-light-driven quaternary rearrangements.

Need precise spatiotemporal control with light input

Derived

Electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy, used with site-directed spin labelling, is an assay method for charting light-induced structural transitions in proteins. In the cited work, it was applied to the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1 to derive pair-wise distance constraints and model blue-light-driven quaternary rearrangements.

Taxonomy & Function

Implementation Constraints

cofactor dependency: cofactor requirement unknownencoding mode: genetically encodedimplementation constraint: context specific validationimplementation constraint: multi component delivery burdenimplementation constraint: spectral hardware requirementoperating role: sensorswitch architecture: multi componentswitch architecture: recruitment

The documented implementation combines ELDOR spectroscopy with site-directed spin labelling, implying the need for labelled protein constructs at defined positions. The evidence does not provide further procedural details such as spin label chemistry, expression system, buffer conditions, or illumination protocol beyond blue-light stimulation.

The supplied evidence supports use in a specific engineered LOV histidine kinase context and does not establish broad performance across diverse proteins or conditions. Practical details such as distance range, temporal resolution, sample requirements, and comparative benchmarking against other structural methods are not provided in the evidence.

Validation

Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication

Supporting Sources

Ranked Claims

Claim 1comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 2comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 3comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 4comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 5comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 6comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 7comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 8comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 9comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 10comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 11comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 12comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 13comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 14comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 15comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 16comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 17comparative mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.
Claim 18generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 19generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 20generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 21generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 22generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 23generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 24generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 25generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 26generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 27generalizationsupports2017Source 1needs review

The study provides mechanistic insight into signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that can inform molecular simulations and engineering of novel receptors.

Taken together, we provide mechanistic insight into the signal trajectories of LOV photoreceptors and histidine kinases that inform molecular simulations and the engineering of novel receptors.
Claim 28mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 29mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 30mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 31mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 32mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 33mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 34mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 35mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 36mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 37mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 38mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 39mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 40mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 41mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 42mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 43mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 44mechanistic insightsupports2017Source 1needs review

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1
Claim 45structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 46structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 47structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 48structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 49structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 50structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 51structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 52structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 53structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 54structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 55structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 56structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 57structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 58structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 59structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 60structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 61structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.
Claim 62structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 63structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 64structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 65structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 66structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 67structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 68structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 69structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 70structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.
Claim 71structural mechanismsupports2017Source 1needs review

The molecular strain generated by light-induced photosensor rearrangement likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Resultant molecular strain likely relaxes as left-handed supercoiling of the coiled-coil linker connecting sensor and effector units.

Approval Evidence

1 source3 linked approval claimsfirst-pass slug electron-electron-double-resonance-spectroscopy
Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling

Source:

comparative mechanismsupports

A photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response has a drastically altered dimer interface but shows linker structural transitions similar to those in YF1 under light stimulation.

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.

Source:

mechanistic insightsupports

In the engineered LOV histidine kinase YF1, blue-light reception involves structural transitions that can be charted by ELDOR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling.

Using electron-electron double resonance (ELDOR) spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling, we chart the structural transitions facilitating blue-light reception in the engineered light-oxygen-voltage (LOV) histidine kinase YF1

Source:

structural mechanismsupports

Structural modelling based on ELDOR-derived pair-wise distance constraints indicates that light induces rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in dimeric YF1.

Structural modelling based on pair-wise distance constraints derived from ELDOR pinpoint light-induced rotation and splaying apart of the two LOV photosensors in the dimeric photoreceptor.

Source:

Comparisons

Source-backed strengths

In the cited application, ELDOR spectroscopy with site-directed spin labelling yielded mechanistic insight into blue-light reception through quaternary transitions in YF1. The study also reports that a photoreceptor variant with inverted signal response had a drastically altered dimer interface while retaining linker structural transitions similar to YF1, supporting the method's ability to distinguish interface-level rearrangements from shared linker motions.

Source:

ELDOR data on a photoreceptor variant with an inverted signal response indicate a drastically altered dimer interface but light-induced structural transitions in the linker that are similar to those in YF1.

electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy and light-oxygen-voltage sensing (LOV) domain address a similar problem space because they share signaling.

Shared frame: shared target processes: signaling; shared mechanisms: heterodimerization; same primary input modality: light

electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy and site-directed spin labelling address a similar problem space because they share signaling.

Shared frame: same top-level item type; shared target processes: signaling; shared mechanisms: light-induced conformational switching, quaternary structural rearrangement; same primary input modality: light

electron-electron double resonance spectroscopy and tandem-dimer nano (tdnano) address a similar problem space because they share signaling.

Shared frame: shared target processes: signaling; shared mechanisms: heterodimerization; same primary input modality: light

Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.

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