Transcript D - KIAS
Summary of single-molecule
experiments
Motor proteins:
Are uni-directional, and move along straight filaments
Exert 1-6 pN force
Typically go ~ 1m before detaching
Kinesin motors take 8 nm steps, Dynein takes a variety of step
sizes, Myosins take 36 nm steps
Move between 0.1 and 2 m/s
Is this how transport functions inside cells?
How do we go from singlemolecule characterization to in vivo
function?
Herpes virus in cultured neuron
Why do cargos need multiple
motors?
Many intercellular distances are longer
than 1 micron
Motion in cells is different from
what might be expected based on
single-molecule properties
Cargos can move long distances
Maybe multiple motors?
Bead moved by multiple kinesin motors
So, multiple motors can move a
cargo long distances.
Now, lets look more carefully…
Start to build complexity in a
controlled environment, i.e. in
vitro, and understand how
motors work together
Poisson statistics: Getting down to the
single molecule limit…
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Catch Dynein- or kinesin-coated
beads, bring in contact with MT
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Find probability for
Binding/motion (Bind fraction)
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Repeat at different motor:Bead
ratios
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Plot the Bind fraction Vs
motor:Bead ratio
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Stay where probability for
“doubles” is negligible
For single motor, use
Binding/moving fraction ≤ 0.3
Motor - polystyrene bead assays
Kinesin I: single motor
30% or less of beads bind to MTs
Run Length (Processivity)
Decay constant
± SEM :
1.46±0.16 µm
Force production
Peak center
± SEM :
4.8±0.06 pN
Poisson statistics: Getting down to the
single molecule limit…and then back to multiple motors
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Catch motor-coated beads,
bring in contact with MT
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Find probability for
Binding/motion (Bind fraction)
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Repeat at different motor:Bead
ratios
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Plot the Bind fraction Vs
motor:Bead ratio
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Now, use concentration where
probability for “doubles” is high:
mixed population
Mixed bead population-->
How do we know how many
motors are moving a specific
bead?
What we think is going on
Bf~0.3
Bf~0.7
Bf~1.0
Increasing Kinesins per bead
Bf~1.0
Evolution of force production
with increasing kinesins per bead
Single motor
(Bf ~0.3)
1-2 motor
Mostly single motor
(Bf ~1)
Conclusion: for multiple-motor
driven transport, binding fraction
cannot tell you how many motors
engaged.
Stalling forces are additive at low
motor number; use this as a readout
of the number of instantaneously
engaged motors
Motor - polystyrene bead assays
Kinesin I: ~two motors
driving polystyrene bead
Force production
Run Length
Summary for ~2 engaged Kinesins:
* Velocities unchanged (not shown)
* Stall forces ~ additive
* Cargo travel lengths very
long, but this is not really
correct (see next)
>> Similar results for cytoplasmic dynein (see Mallik et al,
Curr. Bio, 2005)
More: see website bioweb.bio.uci.edu/sgross
Conclusion: motion in cells is
different from what might be
expected based on single-molecule
properties
We have three ‘systems’ level questions to understand:
Cargos can move long distances
Cargos can reverse course, move
bi-directionally
Cargo transport can be regulated
What single-molecule properties are
particularly important for how
multiple motors function together?
Cartoon of processive motion of a cargo
moved by two motors
From cartoon…
On-rate
Off-rate
Overall number of motors
Analytic Mean-field theory of average cargo travel
carried by two motors
p: binding rate (1/s)
e: unbinding rate (1/s)
d=v*(1/ e)=v/ e
Velocity: crucial initial condition
Klumpp and Lipowsky, PNAS, 2005
Xu et al, Traffic, 2012
Experiment: established for single-motor study
Valentine et al., Nat. Cell Bio., 2006
Experiment: established for single-motor study
Valentine et al., Nat. Cell Bio., 2006
Experiment: difficult to interpret for more motors
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Experiment: difficult to interpret for more motors
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Experiment: difficult to interpret for more motors
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Experiment: difficult to interpret for more motors
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Experiment: modify surface chemistry for two-motor
Experiment: modify surface chemistry for two-motor
Position
Position
Experiment: force to further require two-motor
Time
Time
Experiment: clean one- vs. two-motor system!
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Goal: Test
Strategy: reduce ATP to slow down motor
10M ATP
20M ATP
1mM ATP
Experiment: one-motor travel d
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Experiment: two-motor travel D
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Rogers et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2009
Velocity tunes travel distance for two-motor system
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Motors work in small ensemble in cells
We establish velocity as a control for ensemble travel
May be particularly important, as beautiful work by Joanny
(Campas, et al, Biophys. J. , 2008) suggests a limited number of
motors (~ 9 max) can be active.
Hw #2 :
Model two kinesin motors functioning together, and then investigate
velocity effects.
In Hw #1 you developed a simulation for 1 motor. Here, stick two such
motors together. Assume initially that the motors here have the same
properties as in the previous hw.
The main goal here is to get the simulation working, and compare its
results for a few different choices of ‘on’ rates and ‘off’ rates to the
order-of-magnitude theory developed in class. How similar are the two
sets of predictions?
For a single motor with processivity of 1.2 microns, what is your
prediction for the mean travel of a cargo with two such motors,
assuming an ‘on’ rate of 2/sec or 5/sec. Do this assuming a velocity of
800 nm/sec, and a velocity of 100 nm/sec.
Velocity: the link between temporal and spatial
of individual motor unbinding from microtubule
Slower velocity buys more time for additional motor
to bind before the current bound one detaches.
(see Xu et al, Traffic, 2012)