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在缠结蛋白质中检测到的序列和结构模式揭示了共翻译折叠的重要性

Sequence and structural patterns detected in entangled proteins reveal the importance of co-translational folding

Marco Baiesi, Enzo Orlandini, Flavio Seno, Antonio Trovato

摘要:

蛋白质必须快速折叠以获得具有生物功能的三维天然结构。因此,这些主要是稳定的局部接触,而复杂的拓扑结构,如结是罕见的。在这里,我们揭示了蛋白质序列和结构所采用的特定模式的存在,以处理骨干自纠缠。对蛋白质数据库的大规模分析表明,与另一个链部分显著缠结的环通常由弱结合的氨基酸封闭。为什么这种充满活力的挫折感会持续存在?一种可能的情况是,纠缠的环只在折叠过程的最后形成,以避免动力学陷阱。一致地,这些环更频繁地被发现缠绕在其N-末端侧的链的一部分上,即在核糖体中较早翻译的部分。最后,这些基序在自然状态下的丰度低于模拟的蛋白质样结构,但它们出现在32%的蛋白质中,在某些情况下,它们显示出惊人的复杂缠绕。

英文摘要:

Proteins must fold quickly to acquire their biologically functional three-dimensional native structures. Hence, these are mainly stabilized by local contacts, while intricate topologies such as knots are rare. Here, we reveal the existence of specific patterns adopted by protein sequences and structures to deal with backbone self-entanglement. A large scale analysis of the Protein Data Bank shows that loops significantly intertwined with another chain portion are typically closed by weakly bound amino acids. Why is this energetic frustration maintained? A possible picture is that entangled loops are formed only toward the end of the folding process to avoid kinetic traps. Consistently, these loops are more frequently found to be wrapped around a portion of the chain on their N-terminal side, the one translated earlier at the ribosome. Finally, these motifs are less abundant in natural native states than in simulated protein-like structures, yet they appear in 32% of proteins, which in some cases display an amazingly complex intertwining.

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