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蛋白质如何通过两个折叠

Lymphotactin: how a protein can adopt two folds

Carlo Camilloni, Ludovico Sutto

摘要:

变形蛋白质,如蛋白质发光素,是一个值得注意的例外的经验原则,结构化的天然蛋白质具有独特的三维结构。特别是,人趋化因子趋化蛋白(Ltn)在生理条件下以两种不同的构象(一种单体和一种二聚体)存在。在这项工作中,我们使用一个Ca Go模型来展示如何复制这种非常奇特的行为。从热力学和动力学的研究,我们表征的相互转换机制。特别是,这是通过生活在第三个单体,部分未折叠的状态下的两条链的对接发生的,该状态显示出涉及两种天然构象共有的一组局部接触的残留结构。双重蛋白的主要特征似乎是两个不同的折叠之间共享一组共同的局部接触,如通过对两个设计的双重蛋白的研究所证实的。变形蛋白可能比预期的更常见。

英文摘要:

Metamorphic proteins like Lymphotactin are a notable exception of the empirical principle that structured natural proteins possess a unique three dimensional structure. In particular, the human chemokine lymphotactin protein (Ltn) exists in two distinct conformations (one monomeric and one dimeric) under physiological conditions. In this work we use a Ca Go-model to show how this very peculiar behavior can be reproduced. From the study of the thermodynamics and of the kinetics we characterize the interconversion mechanism. In particular, this takes place through the docking of the two chains living in a third monomeric, partially unfolded, state which shows a residual structure involving a set of local contacts common to the two native conformations. The main feature of two-fold proteins appears to be the sharing of a common set of local contacts between the two distinct folds as confirmed by the study of two designed two-fold proteins. Metamorphic proteins may be more common than expected.

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