{"author":[{"last_name":"Mitchell","first_name":"Joshua","full_name":"Mitchell, Joshua"},{"full_name":"Whitfield, Jason","first_name":"Jason","last_name":"Whitfield"},{"last_name":"Zhang","first_name":"William","full_name":"Zhang, William"},{"first_name":"Christian","last_name":"Henneberger","full_name":"Henneberger, Christian"},{"id":"33BA6C30-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","full_name":"Janovjak, Harald L","last_name":"Janovjak","orcid":"0000-0002-8023-9315","first_name":"Harald L"},{"full_name":"O'Mara, Megan","last_name":"O'Mara","first_name":"Megan"},{"full_name":"Jackson, Colin","last_name":"Jackson","first_name":"Colin"}],"date_created":"2018-12-11T11:50:09Z","status":"public","publist_id":"6274","date_updated":"2023-03-30T11:32:33Z","volume":1,"abstract":[{"text":"Optical sensors based on the phenomenon of Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) are powerful tools that have advanced the study of small molecules in biological systems. However, sensor construction is not trivial and often requires multiple rounds of engineering or an ability to screen large numbers of variants. A method that would allow the accurate rational design of FRET sensors would expedite the production of biologically useful sensors. Here, we present Rangefinder, a computational algorithm that allows rapid in silico screening of dye attachment sites in a ligand-binding protein for the conjugation of a dye molecule to act as a Förster acceptor for a fused fluorescent protein. We present three ratiometric fluorescent sensors designed with Rangefinder, including a maltose sensor with a dynamic range of &gt;300% and the first sensors for the most abundant sialic acid in human cells, N-acetylneuraminic acid. Provided a ligand-binding protein exists, it is our expectation that this model will facilitate the design of an optical sensor for any small molecule of interest.","lang":"eng"}],"oa_version":"None","type":"journal_article","doi":"10.1021/acssensors.6b00576","page":"1286 - 1290","scopus_import":"1","_id":"1101","publication":"ACS SENSORS","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"acknowledgement":"J.A.M., J.H.W., and W.H.Z. were supported by Australian\r\nPostgraduate Awards (APA), AS Sargeson Supplementary\r\nscholarships, and RSC supplementary scholarships. C.J.J.\r\nacknowledges support from a Human Frontiers in Science\r\nYoung Investigator Award and a Discovery Project and Future\r\nFellowship from the Australian Research Council. M.L.O. is\r\nsupported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Project\r\n(DP130102153) and the Merit Allocation Scheme of the\r\nNational Computational Infrastructure.","issue":"11","publication_status":"published","title":"Rangefinder: A semisynthetic FRET sensor design algorithm","quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"short":"J. Mitchell, J. Whitfield, W. Zhang, C. Henneberger, H.L. Janovjak, M. O’Mara, C. Jackson, ACS SENSORS 1 (2016) 1286–1290.","mla":"Mitchell, Joshua, et al. “Rangefinder: A Semisynthetic FRET Sensor Design Algorithm.” <i>ACS SENSORS</i>, vol. 1, no. 11, American Chemical Society, 2016, pp. 1286–90, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576\">10.1021/acssensors.6b00576</a>.","ieee":"J. Mitchell <i>et al.</i>, “Rangefinder: A semisynthetic FRET sensor design algorithm,” <i>ACS SENSORS</i>, vol. 1, no. 11. American Chemical Society, pp. 1286–1290, 2016.","ama":"Mitchell J, Whitfield J, Zhang W, et al. Rangefinder: A semisynthetic FRET sensor design algorithm. <i>ACS SENSORS</i>. 2016;1(11):1286-1290. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576\">10.1021/acssensors.6b00576</a>","chicago":"Mitchell, Joshua, Jason Whitfield, William Zhang, Christian Henneberger, Harald L Janovjak, Megan O’Mara, and Colin Jackson. “Rangefinder: A Semisynthetic FRET Sensor Design Algorithm.” <i>ACS SENSORS</i>. American Chemical Society, 2016. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576</a>.","ista":"Mitchell J, Whitfield J, Zhang W, Henneberger C, Janovjak HL, O’Mara M, Jackson C. 2016. Rangefinder: A semisynthetic FRET sensor design algorithm. ACS SENSORS. 1(11), 1286–1290.","apa":"Mitchell, J., Whitfield, J., Zhang, W., Henneberger, C., Janovjak, H. L., O’Mara, M., &#38; Jackson, C. (2016). Rangefinder: A semisynthetic FRET sensor design algorithm. <i>ACS SENSORS</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00576</a>"},"date_published":"2016-11-10T00:00:00Z","intvolume":"         1","year":"2016","article_processing_charge":"No","month":"11","user_id":"3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","department":[{"_id":"HaJa"}],"publisher":"American Chemical Society","day":"10"}