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Prywes N, Philips NR, Oltrogge LM, Lindner S, Candace Tsai YC, de Pins B, Cowan AE, Taylor-Kearney LJ, Chang HA, Hall LN, Bellieny-Rabelo D, Nisonoff HM, Weissman RF, Flamholz AI, Ding D, Bhatt AY, Shih PM, Mueller-Cajar O, Milo R, Savage DF. A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.09.27.559826. [PMID: 38645011 PMCID: PMC11030240 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.27.559826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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Rubisco is the primary CO2 fixing enzyme of the biosphere yet has slow kinetics. The roles of evolution and chemical mechanism in constraining the sequence landscape of rubisco remain debated. In order to map sequence to function, we developed a massively parallel assay for rubisco using an engineered E. coli where enzyme function is coupled to growth. By assaying >99% of single amino acid mutants across CO2 concentrations, we inferred enzyme velocity and CO2 affinity for thousands of substitutions. We identified many highly conserved positions that tolerate mutation and rare mutations that improve CO2 affinity. These data suggest that non-trivial kinetic improvements are readily accessible and provide a comprehensive sequence-to-function mapping for enzyme engineering efforts.
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- Noam Prywes
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, CA 92092, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Feedstocks Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute; Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science; Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California; Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Taylor MB, Warwick AR, Skophammer R, Boyer JM, Geck RC, Gunkelman K, Walson M, Rowley PA, Dunham MJ. yEvo: A modular eukaryotic genetics and evolution research experience for high school students. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10811. [PMID: 38192907 PMCID: PMC10771926 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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The resources for carrying out and analyzing microbial evolution experiments have become more accessible, making it possible to expand these studies beyond the research laboratory and into the classroom. We developed five connected, standards-aligned yeast evolution laboratory modules, called "yEvo," for high school students. The modules enable students to take agency in answering open-ended research questions. In Module 1, students evolve baker's yeast to tolerate an antifungal drug, and in subsequent modules, investigate how evolved yeasts adapted to this stressful condition at both the phenotype and genotype levels. We used pre- and post-surveys from 72 students at two different schools and post-interviews with students and teachers to assess our program goals and guide module improvement over 3 years. We measured changes in student conceptions, confidence in scientific practices, and interest in STEM careers. Students who participated in yEvo showed improvements in understanding of activity-specific concepts and reported increased confidence in designing a valid biology experiment. Student experimental data replicated literature findings and has led to new insights into antifungal resistance. The modules and provided materials, alongside "proof of concept" evaluation metrics, will serve as a model for other university researchers and K - 16 classrooms interested in engaging in open-ended research questions using yeast as a model system.
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- M. Bryce Taylor
- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
- Program in BiologyLoras CollegeDubuqueIowaUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Department of Teacher EducationMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
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- Department of Genome SciencesUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWashingtonUSA
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Tonouchi K, Adachi Y, Suzuki T, Kuroda D, Nishiyama A, Yumoto K, Takeyama H, Suzuki T, Hashiguchi T, Takahashi Y. Structural basis for cross-group recognition of an influenza virus hemagglutinin antibody that targets postfusion stabilized epitope. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011554. [PMID: 37556494 PMCID: PMC10411744 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023] Open
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Plasticity of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) conformation increases an opportunity to generate conserved non-native epitopes with unknown functionality. Here, we have performed an in-depth analysis of human monoclonal antibodies against a stem-helix region that is occluded in native prefusion yet exposed in postfusion HA. A stem-helix antibody, LAH31, provided IgG Fc-dependent cross-group protection by targeting a stem-helix kinked loop epitope, with a unique structure emerging in the postfusion state. The structural analysis and molecular modeling revealed key contact sites responsible for the epitope specificity and cross-group breadth that relies on somatically mutated light chain. LAH31 was inaccessible to the native prefusion HA expressed on cell surface; however, it bound to the HA structure present on infected cells with functional linkage to the Fc-mediated clearance. Our study uncovers a novel non-native epitope that emerges in the postfusion HA state, highlighting the utility of this epitope for a broadly protective antigen design.
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- Keisuke Tonouchi
- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Laboratory of Precision Immunology, Center for Intractable Diseases and ImmunoGenomics research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition; Saito-Asagi, Ibaraki City, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Advanced Research of Biosystem Dynamics, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Medical Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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The evolution of post-translational modifications. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2022; 76:101956. [PMID: 35843204 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2022.101956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are chemical modifications that can regulate the activity and function of proteins. From an evolutionary perspective, they also represent a fast mechanism for the generation of phenotypic diversity and divergence. Advances in mass spectrometry have now enabled the identification of over 600 distinct PTM classes collectively spanning an order of 106 unique sites. However, the chemical detection of PTMs has lagged far behind their functional characterisation, and relatively little is still known about the selective constraints that govern PTM evolution. In particular, the true fraction of PTM sites that are functional - and thus subject to selection - remains an open question. Here, I review advances made in the past two years towards understanding the evolution of PTMs and their associated enzymes.
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Hepowit NL, Kolbe CC, Zelle SR, Latz E, MacGurn JA. Regulation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers by phosphorylation. FEBS J 2021; 289:4797-4810. [PMID: 34214249 PMCID: PMC9271371 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The regulatory influence of ubiquitin is vast, encompassing all cellular processes, by virtue of its central roles in protein degradation, membrane trafficking, and cell signaling. But how does ubiquitin, a 76 amino acid peptide, carry out such diverse, complex functions in eukaryotic cells? Part of the answer is rooted in the high degree of complexity associated with ubiquitin polymers, which can be 'read' and processed differently depending on topology and cellular context. However, recent evidence indicates that post-translational modifications on ubiquitin itself enhance the complexity of the ubiquitin code. Here, we review recent discoveries related to the regulation of the ubiquitin code by phosphorylation. We summarize what is currently known about phosphorylation of ubiquitin at Ser65, Ser57, and Thr12, and we discuss the potential for phosphoregulation of ubiquitin at other sites. We also discuss accumulating evidence that ubiquitin-like modifiers, such as SUMO, are likewise regulated by phosphorylation. A complete understanding of these regulatory codes and their complex lexicon will require dissection of mechanisms that govern phosphorylation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins, particularly in the context of cellular stress and disease.
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- Nathaniel L Hepowit
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospital Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.,Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.,Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Mechanistic basis for ubiquitin modulation of a protein energy landscape. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2025126118. [PMID: 33723075 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025126118] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ubiquitin is a common posttranslational modification canonically associated with targeting proteins to the 26S proteasome for degradation and also plays a role in numerous other nondegradative cellular processes. Ubiquitination at certain sites destabilizes the substrate protein, with consequences for proteasomal processing, while ubiquitination at other sites has little energetic effect. How this site specificity-and, by extension, the myriad effects of ubiquitination on substrate proteins-arises remains unknown. Here, we systematically characterize the atomic-level effects of ubiquitination at various sites on a model protein, barstar, using a combination of NMR, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, and molecular dynamics simulation. We find that, regardless of the site of modification, ubiquitination does not induce large structural rearrangements in the substrate. Destabilizing modifications, however, increase fluctuations from the native state resulting in exposure of the substrate's C terminus. Both of the sites occur in regions of barstar with relatively high conformational flexibility. Nevertheless, destabilization appears to occur through different thermodynamic mechanisms, involving a reduction in entropy in one case and a loss in enthalpy in another. By contrast, ubiquitination at a nondestabilizing site protects the substrate C terminus through intermittent formation of a structural motif with the last three residues of ubiquitin. Thus, the biophysical effects of ubiquitination at a given site depend greatly on local context. Taken together, our results reveal how a single posttranslational modification can generate a broad array of distinct effects, providing a framework to guide the design of proteins and therapeutics with desired degradation and quality control properties.
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Jones EM, Lubock NB, Venkatakrishnan AJ, Wang J, Tseng AM, Paggi JM, Latorraca NR, Cancilla D, Satyadi M, Davis JE, Babu MM, Dror RO, Kosuri S. Structural and functional characterization of G protein-coupled receptors with deep mutational scanning. eLife 2020; 9:54895. [PMID: 33084570 PMCID: PMC7707821 DOI: 10.7554/elife.54895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
Abstract
The >800 human G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are responsible for transducing diverse chemical stimuli to alter cell state- and are the largest class of drug targets. Their myriad structural conformations and various modes of signaling make it challenging to understand their structure and function. Here, we developed a platform to characterize large libraries of GPCR variants in human cell lines with a barcoded transcriptional reporter of G protein signal transduction. We tested 7800 of 7828 possible single amino acid substitutions to the beta-2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) at four concentrations of the agonist isoproterenol. We identified residues specifically important for β2AR signaling, mutations in the human population that are potentially loss of function, and residues that modulate basal activity. Using unsupervised learning, we identify residues critical for signaling, including all major structural motifs and molecular interfaces. We also find a previously uncharacterized structural latch spanning the first two extracellular loops that is highly conserved across Class A GPCRs and is conformationally rigid in both the inactive and active states of the receptor. More broadly, by linking deep mutational scanning with engineered transcriptional reporters, we establish a generalizable method for exploring pharmacogenomics, structure and function across broad classes of drug receptors.
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- Eric M Jones
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, Department of Computer Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Computer Science, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Biology Institute, Quantitative and Computational Biology Institute, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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Newberry RW, Arhar T, Costello J, Hartoularos GC, Maxwell AM, Naing ZZC, Pittman M, Reddy NR, Schwarz DMC, Wassarman DR, Wu TS, Barrero D, Caggiano C, Catching A, Cavazos TB, Estes LS, Faust B, Fink EA, Goldman MA, Gomez YK, Gordon MG, Gunsalus LM, Hoppe N, Jaime-Garza M, Johnson MC, Jones MG, Kung AF, Lopez KE, Lumpe J, Martyn C, McCarthy EE, Miller-Vedam LE, Navarro EJ, Palar A, Pellegrino J, Saylor W, Stephens CA, Strickland J, Torosyan H, Wankowicz SA, Wong DR, Wong G, Redding S, Chow ED, DeGrado WF, Kampmann M. Robust Sequence Determinants of α-Synuclein Toxicity in Yeast Implicate Membrane Binding. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:2137-2153. [PMID: 32786289 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Protein conformations are shaped by cellular environments, but how environmental changes alter the conformational landscapes of specific proteins in vivo remains largely uncharacterized, in part due to the challenge of probing protein structures in living cells. Here, we use deep mutational scanning to investigate how a toxic conformation of α-synuclein, a dynamic protein linked to Parkinson's disease, responds to perturbations of cellular proteostasis. In the context of a course for graduate students in the UCSF Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, we screened a comprehensive library of α-synuclein missense mutants in yeast cells treated with a variety of small molecules that perturb cellular processes linked to α-synuclein biology and pathobiology. We found that the conformation of α-synuclein previously shown to drive yeast toxicity-an extended, membrane-bound helix-is largely unaffected by these chemical perturbations, underscoring the importance of this conformational state as a driver of cellular toxicity. On the other hand, the chemical perturbations have a significant effect on the ability of mutations to suppress α-synuclein toxicity. Moreover, we find that sequence determinants of α-synuclein toxicity are well described by a simple structural model of the membrane-bound helix. This model predicts that α-synuclein penetrates the membrane to constant depth across its length but that membrane affinity decreases toward the C terminus, which is consistent with orthogonal biophysical measurements. Finally, we discuss how parallelized chemical genetics experiments can provide a robust framework for inquiry-based graduate coursework.
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- Robert W. Newberry
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Integrative Program in Quantitative Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
- Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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Thompson S, Zhang Y, Ingle C, Reynolds KA, Kortemme T. Altered expression of a quality control protease in E. coli reshapes the in vivo mutational landscape of a model enzyme. eLife 2020; 9:53476. [PMID: 32701056 PMCID: PMC7377907 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein mutational landscapes are shaped by the cellular environment, but key factors and their quantitative effects are often unknown. Here we show that Lon, a quality control protease naturally absent in common E. coli expression strains, drastically reshapes the mutational landscape of the metabolic enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). Selection under conditions that resolve highly active mutants reveals that 23.3% of all single point mutations in DHFR are advantageous in the absence of Lon, but advantageous mutations are largely suppressed when Lon is reintroduced. Protein stability measurements demonstrate extensive activity-stability tradeoffs for the advantageous mutants and provide a mechanistic explanation for Lon’s widespread impact. Our findings suggest possibilities for tuning mutational landscapes by modulating the cellular environment, with implications for protein design and combatting antibiotic resistance.
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- Samuel Thompson
- Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- The Green Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- The Green Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.,Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, United States
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Reeb J, Wirth T, Rost B. Variant effect predictions capture some aspects of deep mutational scanning experiments. BMC Bioinformatics 2020; 21:107. [PMID: 32183714 PMCID: PMC7077003 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-020-3439-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Deep mutational scanning (DMS) studies exploit the mutational landscape of sequence variation by systematically and comprehensively assaying the effect of single amino acid variants (SAVs; also referred to as missense mutations, or non-synonymous Single Nucleotide Variants - missense SNVs or nsSNVs) for particular proteins. We assembled SAV annotations from 22 different DMS experiments and normalized the effect scores to evaluate variant effect prediction methods. Three trained on traditional variant effect data (PolyPhen-2, SIFT, SNAP2), a regression method optimized on DMS data (Envision), and a naïve prediction using conservation information from homologs. RESULTS On a set of 32,981 SAVs, all methods captured some aspects of the experimental effect scores, albeit not the same. Traditional methods such as SNAP2 correlated slightly more with measurements and better classified binary states (effect or neutral). Envision appeared to better estimate the precise degree of effect. Most surprising was that the simple naïve conservation approach using PSI-BLAST in many cases outperformed other methods. All methods captured beneficial effects (gain-of-function) significantly worse than deleterious (loss-of-function). For the few proteins with multiple independent experimental measurements, experiments differed substantially, but agreed more with each other than with predictions. CONCLUSIONS DMS provides a new powerful experimental means of understanding the dynamics of the protein sequence space. As always, promising new beginnings have to overcome challenges. While our results demonstrated that DMS will be crucial to improve variant effect prediction methods, data diversity hindered simplification and generalization.
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- Jonas Reeb
- Department of Informatics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology - i12, TUM (Technical University of Munich), Boltzmannstr 3, 85748, Garching/Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Informatics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology - i12, TUM (Technical University of Munich), Boltzmannstr 3, 85748, Garching/Munich, Germany
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- Department of Informatics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology - i12, TUM (Technical University of Munich), Boltzmannstr 3, 85748, Garching/Munich, Germany
- Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Lichtenbergstr 2a, 85748, Garching/Munich, Germany
- TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan (WZW), Alte Akademie 8, Freising, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, 701 West, 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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Esposito D, Weile J, Shendure J, Starita LM, Papenfuss AT, Roth FP, Fowler DM, Rubin AF. MaveDB: an open-source platform to distribute and interpret data from multiplexed assays of variant effect. Genome Biol 2019; 20:223. [PMID: 31679514 PMCID: PMC6827219 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1845-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Multiplex assays of variant effect (MAVEs), such as deep mutational scans and massively parallel reporter assays, test thousands of sequence variants in a single experiment. Despite the importance of MAVE data for basic and clinical research, there is no standard resource for their discovery and distribution. Here, we present MaveDB ( https://www.mavedb.org ), a public repository for large-scale measurements of sequence variant impact, designed for interoperability with applications to interpret these datasets. We also describe the first such application, MaveVis, which retrieves, visualizes, and contextualizes variant effect maps. Together, the database and applications will empower the community to mine these powerful datasets.
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- Daniel Esposito
- Bioinformatics Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Bioinformatics Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Bioinformatics and Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Bioinformatics Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Bioinformatics and Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Estimating dispensable content in the human interactome. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3205. [PMID: 31324802 PMCID: PMC6642175 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks (interactome networks) have successfully advanced our knowledge of molecular function, disease and evolution. While much progress has been made in quantifying errors and biases in experimental PPI datasets, it remains unknown what fraction of the error-free PPIs in the cell are completely dispensable, i.e., effectively neutral upon disruption. Here, we estimate dispensable content in the human interactome by calculating the fractions of PPIs disrupted by neutral and non-neutral mutations. Starting with the human reference interactome determined by experiments, we construct a human structural interactome by building homology-based three-dimensional structural models for PPIs. Next, we map common mutations from healthy individuals as well as Mendelian disease-causing mutations onto the human structural interactome, and perform structure-based calculations of how these mutations perturb the interactome. Using our predicted as well as experimentally-determined interactome perturbation patterns by common and disease mutations, we estimate that <~20% of the human interactome is completely dispensable. The fraction of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) that can be disrupted without fitness effect is unknown. Here, the authors model how disease-causing mutations and common mutations carried by healthy people perturb the interactome, and estimate that <20% of human PPIs are completely dispensable.
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Stein A, Fowler DM, Hartmann-Petersen R, Lindorff-Larsen K. Biophysical and Mechanistic Models for Disease-Causing Protein Variants. Trends Biochem Sci 2019; 44:575-588. [PMID: 30712981 PMCID: PMC6579676 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2019.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The rapid decrease in DNA sequencing cost is revolutionizing medicine and science. In medicine, genome sequencing has revealed millions of missense variants that change protein sequences, yet we only understand the molecular and phenotypic consequences of a small fraction. Within protein science, high-throughput deep mutational scanning experiments enable us to probe thousands of variants in a single, multiplexed experiment. We review efforts that bring together these topics via experimental and computational approaches to determine the consequences of missense variants in proteins. We focus on the role of changes in protein stability as a driver for disease, and how experiments, biophysical models, and computation are providing a framework for understanding and predicting how changes in protein sequence affect cellular protein stability.
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- Amelie Stein
- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Departments of Genome Sciences and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Understanding molecular mechanisms in cell signaling through natural and artificial sequence variation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 26:25-34. [PMID: 30598552 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0175-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The functionally tolerated sequence space of proteins can now be explored in an unprecedented way, owing to the expansion of genomic databases and the development of high-throughput methods to interrogate protein function. For signaling proteins, several recent studies have shown how the analysis of sequence variation leverages the available protein-structure information to provide new insights into specificity and allosteric regulation. In this Review, we discuss recent work that illustrates how this emerging approach is providing a deeper understanding of signaling proteins.
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