Extended Data Fig. 6: Representative raw smFRET data.

(Left panels) smFRET histograms (relative number of events vs. FRET efficiency (EFRET)) of DNA alone (top), with NANOG W8A (middle) and NANOG WT (bottom). The peak at EFRET ~0 corresponds to AF488-conjugated bound/unbound DNA. (Right panels) Corresponding single-molecule photon bursts using PIE excitation (donor channel, green; acceptor channel, red). Highlighted gray areas indicate coincidence between donor and acceptor signals but not necessarily FRET between the bursts. From time-gating FRET analysis, intermolecular FRET efficiencies were calculated. Similar results were obtained from 2 independent experiments.