Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network

Czub M, Uliana F, Grubić T, Padeste C, Rosowski K, Dufresne E, Menzel A, Vakonakis I, Gasser U, Steinmetz M, (2024) DOI

SASDUV6 – Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 ΔQQFF in a high salt buffer

Nuclear fusion protein BIK1
MWexperimental 124 kDa
MWexpected 105 kDa
VPorod 632 nm3
log I(s) 6.82×10-2 6.82×10-3 6.82×10-4 6.82×10-5
Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 Guinier plot ln 6.83×10-2 Rg: 9.4 nm 0 (9.4 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 Kratky plot 1.104 0 3 sRg
p(r)
Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 pair distance distribution function Rg: 9.5 nm 0 Dmax: 29.4 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 DAMFILT model

Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of BIK1 ΔQQFF in 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 500 mM NaCl, 2% glycerol, 1 mM DTT were collected on the B21 beam line at the Diamond Light Source (Didcot, UK) using a Eiger 4M detector at a sample-detector distance of 3.7 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.09464 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). In-line size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) SAS was employed. The SEC parameters were as follows: A 50.00 μl sample at 6 mg/ml was injected at a 0.16 ml/min flow rate onto a Shodex KW404-4F column at 15°C. 41 successive 3.200 second frames were collected. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.

Note: The ab initio model displayed in this entry represents the bead-occupancy and volume-corrected shape obtained from the spatial alignment of several individual DAM models (DAMFILT) and does not reflect the fit to the displayed data. CAUTION: Dmax severely underestimated.

Nuclear fusion protein BIK1 (Bik1 ΔQQFF)
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Olig. state   Dimer
Mon. MW   52.5 kDa
 
UniProt   P11709 (2-436)
Sequence   FASTA