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Oliveira MT, Ciesielski GL. The Essential, Ubiquitous Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2281:1-21. [PMID: 33847949 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1290-3_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Maintenance of genomes is fundamental for all living organisms. The diverse processes related to genome maintenance entail the management of various intermediate structures, which may be deleterious if unresolved. The most frequent intermediate structures that result from the melting of the DNA duplex are single-stranded (ss) DNA stretches. These are thermodynamically less stable and can spontaneously fold into secondary structures, which may obstruct a variety of genome processes. In addition, ssDNA is more prone to breaking, which may lead to the formation of deletions or DNA degradation. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) bind and stabilize ssDNA, preventing the abovementioned deleterious consequences and recruiting the appropriate machinery to resolve that intermediate molecule. They are present in all forms of life and are essential for their viability, with very few exceptions. Here we present an introductory chapter to a volume of the Methods in Molecular Biology dedicated to SSBs, in which we provide a general description of SSBs from various taxa.
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- Marcos T Oliveira
- Departamento de Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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Srb P, Nováček J, Kadeřávek P, Rabatinová A, Krásný L, Žídková J, Bobálová J, Sklenář V, Žídek L. Triple resonance ¹⁵Ν NMR relaxation experiments for studies of intrinsically disordered proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 69:133-146. [PMID: 29071460 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0138-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Description of protein dynamics is known to be essential in understanding their function. Studies based on a well established [Formula: see text] NMR relaxation methodology have been applied to a large number of systems. However, the low dispersion of [Formula: see text] chemical shifts very often observed within intrinsically disordered proteins complicates utilization of standard 2D HN correlated spectra because a limited number of amino acids can be characterized. Here we present a suite of triple resonance HNCO-type NMR experiments for measurements of five [Formula: see text] relaxation parameters ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], NOE, cross-correlated relaxation rates [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]) in doubly [Formula: see text],[Formula: see text]-labeled proteins. We show that the third spectral dimension combined with non-uniform sampling provides relaxation rates for almost all residues of a protein with extremely poor chemical shift dispersion, the C terminal domain of [Formula: see text]-subunit of RNA polymerase from Bacillus subtilis. Comparison with data obtained using a sample labeled by [Formula: see text] only showed that the presence of [Formula: see text] has a negligible effect on [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and on the cross-relaxation rate (calculated from NOE and [Formula: see text]), and that these relaxation rates can be used to calculate accurate spectral density values. Partially [Formula: see text]-labeled sample was used to test if the observed increase of [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] in the presence of [Formula: see text] corresponds to the [Formula: see text] dipole-dipole interactions in the [Formula: see text],[Formula: see text]-labeled sample.
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- Pavel Srb
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo náměstí, 542/2, 166 10, Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Videňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Videňská 1083, 142 20, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences v.v.i., Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences v.v.i., Veveří 97, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Johnny Habchi
- Aix-Marseille Université , Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), UMR 7257, 13288, Marseille, France
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Cilia E, Pancsa R, Tompa P, Lenaerts T, Vranken WF. From protein sequence to dynamics and disorder with DynaMine. Nat Commun 2014; 4:2741. [PMID: 24225580 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Protein function and dynamics are closely related; however, accurate dynamics information is difficult to obtain. Here based on a carefully assembled data set derived from experimental data for proteins in solution, we quantify backbone dynamics properties on the amino-acid level and develop DynaMine--a fast, high-quality predictor of protein backbone dynamics. DynaMine uses only protein sequence information as input and shows great potential in distinguishing regions of different structural organization, such as folded domains, disordered linkers, molten globules and pre-structured binding motifs of different sizes. It also identifies disordered regions within proteins with an accuracy comparable to the most sophisticated existing predictors, without depending on prior disorder knowledge or three-dimensional structural information. DynaMine provides molecular biologists with an important new method that grasps the dynamical characteristics of any protein of interest, as we show here for human p53 and E1A from human adenovirus 5.
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- Elisa Cilia
- 1] MLG, Département d'Informatique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP 212, 1050 Brussels, Belgium [2] Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, La Plaine Campus, Triomflaan, BC building, 6th floor, CP 263, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Beveridge R, Chappuis Q, Macphee C, Barran P. Mass spectrometry methods for intrinsically disordered proteins. Analyst 2014; 138:32-42. [PMID: 23108160 DOI: 10.1039/c2an35665a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In the last ten years mass spectrometry has emerged as a powerful biophysical technique capable of providing unique insights into the structure and dynamics of proteins. Part of this explosion in use involves investigations of the most recently 'discovered' subset of proteins: the so-called 'Intrinsically Disordered' or 'Natively Unstructured' proteins. A key advantage of the use of mass spectrometry to study intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is its ability to test biophysical assertions made about why they differ from structured proteins. For example, from the charge state distribution presented by a protein following nano-electrospray (n-ESI) it is possible to infer the range of conformations present in solution and hence the extent of disorder; n-ESI is highly sensitive to the degree of folding at the moment of transfer from the liquid to the gas phase. The combination of mass spectrometry with ion mobility (IM-MS) provides rotationally averaged collision cross-sections of molecular ions which can be correlated with conformation; this too can be applied to IDPs. Another feature which can be monitored by IM-MS is the tendency of disordered proteins to form amyloid fibrils, the protein aggregates involved in the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. IM-MS provides a useful insight into events that occur during the early stages of aggregation including delineating the structure of the monomer, identifying oligomer distributions, and revealing mechanistic details of the aggregation process. Here we will review the use of MS and IM-MS to study IDPs using examples from our own and other laboratories.
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- Rebecca Beveridge
- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, Scotland
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Matos KS, da Cunha EF, da Silva Gonçalves A, Wilter A, Kuča K, França TC, Ramalho TC. First principles calculations of thermodynamics and kinetic parameters and molecular dynamics simulations of acetylcholinesterase reactivators: can mouse data provide new insights into humans? J Biomol Struct Dyn 2012; 30:546-58. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.687521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Lawrence CW, Showalter SA. Carbon-Detected (15)N NMR Spin Relaxation of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein: FCP1 Dynamics Unbound and in Complex with RAP74. J Phys Chem Lett 2012; 3:1409-1413. [PMID: 26286791 DOI: 10.1021/jz300432e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) lack unique 3D structures under native conditions and as such exist as highly dynamic ensembles in solution. We present two (13)C-direct detection experiments for the measurement of (15)N NMR spin relaxation called the CON(T1)-IPAP and CON(T2)-IPAP that quantify backbone dynamics on a per-residue basis for IDPs in solution. These experiments have been applied to the intrinsically disordered C-terminal of FCP1, both free in solution and while bound to the RAP74 winged-helix domain. The results provide evidence that most of FCP1 remains highly dynamic in both states, while the 20 residues forming direct contact with RAP74 become more ordered in the complex. Parallel analysis of RAP74 backbone (15)N NMR spin relaxation reveals only very limited ordering of RAP74 upon FCP1 binding. Taken together, these data show that folding-upon-binding is highly local in this system, with disorder prevailing even in the complex.
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- Chad W Lawrence
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Chemistry Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Monika Fuxreiter
- Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
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Proteins provide much of the scaffolding for life, as well as undertaking a variety of essential catalytic reactions. These characteristic functions have led us to presuppose that proteins are in general functional only when well structured and correctly folded. As we begin to explore the repertoire of possible protein sequences inherent in the human and other genomes, two stark facts that belie this supposition become clear: firstly, the number of apparent open reading frames in the human genome is significantly smaller than appears to be necessary to code for all of the diverse proteins in higher organisms, and secondly that a significant proportion of the protein sequences that would be coded by the genome would not be expected to form stable three-dimensional (3D) structures. Clearly the genome must include coding for a multitude of alternative forms of proteins, some of which may be partly or fully disordered or incompletely structured in their functional states. At the same time as this likelihood was recognized, experimental studies also began to uncover examples of important protein molecules and domains that were incompletely structured or completely disordered in solution, yet remained perfectly functional. In the ensuing years, we have seen an explosion of experimental and genome-annotation studies that have mapped the extent of the intrinsic disorder phenomenon and explored the possible biological rationales for its widespread occurrence. Answers to the question 'why would a particular domain need to be unstructured?' are as varied as the systems where such domains are found. This review provides a survey of recent new directions in this field, and includes an evaluation of the role not only of intrinsically disordered proteins but also of partially structured and highly dynamic members of the disorder-order continuum.
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Fuxreiter M, Simon I, Bondos S. Dynamic protein-DNA recognition: beyond what can be seen. Trends Biochem Sci 2011; 36:415-23. [PMID: 21620710 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2011.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2011] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Traditionally, specific DNA recognition is thought to rely on static contacts with the bases or phosphates. Recent results, however, indicate that residues far outside the binding context can crucially influence selectivity or binding affinity via transient, dynamic interactions with the DNA binding interface. These regions usually do not adopt a well-defined structure, even when bound to DNA, and thus form a fuzzy complex. Here, we propose the existence of a dynamic DNA readout mechanism, wherein distant segments modulate conformational preferences, flexibility or spacing of the DNA binding motifs or serve as competitive partners. Despite their low sequence similarity, these intrinsically disordered regions are often conserved at the structural level, and exploited for regulation of the transcription machinery via protein-protein interactions, post-translational modifications or alternative splicing.
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- Monika Fuxreiter
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, 7600 Rehovot, Israel.
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Nuss JE, Sweeney DJ, Alter GM. Prediction of and experimental support for the three-dimensional structure of replication protein A. Biochemistry 2009; 48:7892-905. [PMID: 19621872 DOI: 10.1021/bi801896s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric, multidomain, single-stranded DNA binding protein that is essential for DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Crystallographic and NMR studies on RPA protein fragments have provided structures for all domains; however, intact heterotrimeric RPA has resisted crystallization, and a complete protein structure has not yet been described. In this study, computational methods and experimental reactivity information (MRAN) were used to model the complete structure of RPA. To accomplish this, models of RPA's globular domains and its domain-linking regions were docked in various orders. We also determined rates of proteolytic cleavage and amino acid side chain chemical modifications in native, solution state RPA. These experimental data were used to select alternate modeling intermediates and final structural models, leading to a single model most consistent with our results. Using molecular dynamics simulations and multiple rounds of simulated annealing, we then relaxed this structural model and examined its flexibility. The family of resultant models is consistent with other, previously published, critical lines of evidence and with experimental reactivity data presented herein.
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- Jonathan Eric Nuss
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA
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Binz SK, Wold MS. Regulatory functions of the N-terminal domain of the 70-kDa subunit of replication protein A (RPA). J Biol Chem 2008; 283:21559-70. [PMID: 18515800 PMCID: PMC2490791 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802450200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2008] [Revised: 05/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA) is the major single-stranded DNA-binding protein in eukaryotes. RPA is composed of three subunits of 70, 32, and 14 kDa. The N-terminal domain of the 70-kDa subunit (RPA70) has weak DNA binding activity, interacts with proteins, and is involved in cellular DNA damage response. To define the mechanism by which this domain regulates RPA function, we analyzed the function of RPA forms containing a deletion of the N terminus of RPA70 and mutations in the phosphorylation domain of RPA (N-terminal 40 amino acids of the 32-kDa subunit). Although each individual mutation has only modest effects on RPA activity, a form combining both phosphorylation mimetic mutations and a deletion of the N-terminal domain of RPA70 was found to have dramatically altered activity. This combined mutant was defective in binding to short single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides and had altered interactions with proteins that bind to the DNA-binding core of RPA70. These results indicate that in the absence of the N-terminal domain of RPA70, a negatively charged phosphorylation domain disrupts the activity of the core DNA-binding domain of RPA. We conclude that the N-terminal domain of RPA70 functions by interacting with the phosphorylation domain of the 32-kDa subunit and blocking undesirable interactions with the core DNA-binding domain of RPA. These studies indicate that RPA conformation is important for regulating RPA-DNA and RPA-protein interactions.
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- Sara K Binz
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-2600, USA
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Hegedus T, Serohijos AWR, Dokholyan NV, He L, Riordan JR. Computational studies reveal phosphorylation-dependent changes in the unstructured R domain of CFTR. J Mol Biol 2008; 378:1052-63. [PMID: 18423665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2007] [Revised: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cAMP-dependent chloride channel that is mutated in cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease of high morbidity and mortality. The phosphorylation of its approximately 200 amino acid R domain by protein kinase A is obligatory for channel gating under normal conditions. The R domain contains more than ten PKA phosphorylation sites. No individual site is essential but phosphorylation of increasing numbers of sites enables progressively greater channel activity. In spite of numerous studies of the role of the R domain in CFTR regulation, its mechanism of action remains largely unknown. This is because neither its structure nor its interactions with other parts of CFTR have been completely elucidated. Studies have shown that the R domain lacks well-defined secondary structural elements and is an intrinsically disordered region of the channel protein. Here, we have analyzed the disorder pattern and employed computational methods to explore low-energy conformations of the R domain. The specific disorder and secondary structure patterns detected suggest the presence of molecular recognition elements (MoREs) that may mediate phosphorylation-regulated intra- and inter-domain interactions. Simulations were performed to generate an ensemble of accessible R domain conformations. Although the calculated structures may represent more compact conformers than occur in vivo, their secondary structure propensities are consistent with predictions and published experimental data. Equilibrium simulations of a mimic of a phosphorylated R domain showed that it exhibited an increased radius of gyration. In one possible interpretation of these findings, by changing its size, the globally unstructured R domain may act as an entropic spring to perturb the packing of membrane-spanning sequences that constitute the ion permeability pathway and thereby activate channel gating.
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- Tamás Hegedus
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Dynamic behavior of an intrinsically unstructured linker domain is conserved in the face of negligible amino acid sequence conservation. J Mol Evol 2007. [PMID: 17721672 DOI: 10.1007/s00239‐007‐9011‐2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Proteins or regions of proteins that do not form compact globular structures are classified as intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs). IUPs are common in nature and have essential molecular functions, but even a limited understanding of the evolution of their dynamic behavior is lacking. The primary objective of this work was to test the evolutionary conservation of dynamic behavior for a particular class of IUPs that form intrinsically unstructured linker domains (IULD) that tether flanking folded domains. This objective was accomplished by measuring the backbone flexibility of several IULD homologues using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The backbone flexibility of five IULDs, representing three kingdoms, was measured and analyzed. Two IULDs from animals, one IULD from fungi, and two IULDs from plants showed similar levels of backbone flexibility that were consistent with the absence of a compact globular structure. In contrast, the amino acid sequences of the IULDs from these three taxa showed no significant similarity. To investigate how the dynamic behavior of the IULDs could be conserved in the absence of detectable sequence conservation, evolutionary rate studies were performed on a set of nine mammalian IULDs. The results of this analysis showed that many sites in the IULD are evolving neutrally, suggesting that dynamic behavior can be maintained in the absence of natural selection. This work represents the first experimental test of the evolutionary conservation of dynamic behavior and demonstrates that amino acid sequence conservation is not required for the conservation of dynamic behavior and presumably molecular function.
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Daughdrill GW, Narayanaswami P, Gilmore SH, Belczyk A, Brown CJ. Dynamic behavior of an intrinsically unstructured linker domain is conserved in the face of negligible amino acid sequence conservation. J Mol Evol 2007; 65:277-88. [PMID: 17721672 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-007-9011-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Accepted: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Proteins or regions of proteins that do not form compact globular structures are classified as intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs). IUPs are common in nature and have essential molecular functions, but even a limited understanding of the evolution of their dynamic behavior is lacking. The primary objective of this work was to test the evolutionary conservation of dynamic behavior for a particular class of IUPs that form intrinsically unstructured linker domains (IULD) that tether flanking folded domains. This objective was accomplished by measuring the backbone flexibility of several IULD homologues using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The backbone flexibility of five IULDs, representing three kingdoms, was measured and analyzed. Two IULDs from animals, one IULD from fungi, and two IULDs from plants showed similar levels of backbone flexibility that were consistent with the absence of a compact globular structure. In contrast, the amino acid sequences of the IULDs from these three taxa showed no significant similarity. To investigate how the dynamic behavior of the IULDs could be conserved in the absence of detectable sequence conservation, evolutionary rate studies were performed on a set of nine mammalian IULDs. The results of this analysis showed that many sites in the IULD are evolving neutrally, suggesting that dynamic behavior can be maintained in the absence of natural selection. This work represents the first experimental test of the evolutionary conservation of dynamic behavior and demonstrates that amino acid sequence conservation is not required for the conservation of dynamic behavior and presumably molecular function.
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- Gary W Daughdrill
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3052, USA.
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