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. 2023:2696:93-103.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3350-2_6.

Measuring NLR Oligomerization III: Detection of NLRP3 and NLRC4 Complex by Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer

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Measuring NLR Oligomerization III: Detection of NLRP3 and NLRC4 Complex by Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Fátima Martín-Sánchez et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

Bioluminescent resonance energy transfer (BRET) is a natural phenomenon resulting from a non-radiative energy transfer between a bioluminescent donor (Renilla luciferase) and a fluorescent protein acceptor. BRET signal is dependent on the distance and the orientation between the donor and the acceptor and could be used to study protein-protein interactions and conformational changes within proteins at real-time in living cells. This protocol describes the use of BRET technique to study NLRP3 oligomerization in living cells before and during NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

Keywords: BRET; Bioluminescence; NLRC4; NLRP3; Sensor.

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