Uroš Zavrtanik (Avtor), Tadej Medved (Avtor), Samo Purič (Avtor), Wim F. Vranken (Avtor), Jurij Lah (Avtor), San Hadži (Avtor)

Povzetek

Many examples are known of regions of intrinsically disordered proteins that fold into α-helices upon binding to their targets. These helical binding motifs (HBMs) can be partially helical also in the unbound state, and this so-called residual structure can affect binding affinity and kinetics. To investigate the underlying mechanisms governing the formation of residual helical structure, we assembled a dataset of experimental helix contents of 65 peptides containing HBM that fold-upon-binding. The average residual helicity is 17% and increases to 60% upon target binding. The helix contents of residual and target-bound structures do not correlate, however the relative location of helix elements in both states shows a strong overlap. Compared to the general disordered regions, HBMs are enriched in amino acids with high helix preference and these residues are typically involved in target binding, explaining the overlap in helix positions. In particular, we find that leucine residues and leucine motifs in HBMs are the major contributors to helix stabilization and target-binding. For the two model peptides, we show that substitution of leucine motifs to other hydrophobic residues (valine or isoleucine) leads to reduction of residual helicity, supporting the role of leucine as helix stabilizer. From the three hydrophobic residues only leucine can efficiently stabilize residual helical structure. We suggest that the high occurrence of leucine motifs and a general preference for leucine at binding interfaces in HBMs can be explained by its unique ability to stabilize helical elements.

Ključne besede

intrinzično neurejeni proteini;zvitje ob vezanju;prepoznavni motivi;predzvitje;levcinski prepoznavni motivi;intrinsically disordered proteins;folding-upon-binding;pre-folding;preotein recognition motif;leucine recognition motif;

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Jezik: Angleški jezik
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Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UL FKKT - Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo
UDK: 577.322
COBISS: 189748995 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 0022-2836
Št. ogledov: 139
Št. prenosov: 37
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Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: intrinzično neurejeni proteini;zvitje ob vezanju;prepoznavni motivi;predzvitje;levcinski prepoznavni motivi;
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Članek v reviji
Strani: str. 1-15
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ436
Zvezek: ǂiss. ǂ4, [article no.] 168444
Čas izdaje: 15 Feb. 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168444
ID: 23204584