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Additivity of free energy contributors • Buried surface areas and affinity • Transmembrane signaling by cytokine receptors depends on dimerization _____________________________________________________________________________ P3) Robert C. Rizzo, De-Ping Wang, Julian Tirado-Rives, and William L. Jorgensen Validation of a Model for the Complex of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase with Sustiva through Computation of Resistance Profiles _____________________________________________________________________________ P4) David E. Shaw,1,2* Paul Maragakis,1† Kresten Lindorff-Larsen,1† Stefano Piana,1† Ron O. Dror,1 Michael P. Eastwood,1 Joseph A. Bank,1 John M. Jumper,1 John K. Salmon,1 Yibing Shan,1 Willy Wriggers Atomic-Level Characterization of the Structural Dynamics of Proteins _____________________________________________________________________________ P5) Chimera tutorial: http://bit.ly/LBQr04 (http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/data/tutorials/bp204/classdata.html) _____________________________________________________________________________ P6) Zhou, Y; Morals-Cabral, JH; Kaufman, A., MacKinnon, R. Chemistry of ion coordination and hydration revealed by a K+ channel-Fab complex at 2.0 Å resolution. Nature, 2001 Nov 01, (414):43-48. • Basis for coordinating K+ ions – the pathway • Compensation for lipids in the center • Selectivity for K+ versus other ions • Hydrophobic exit port _____________________________________________________________________________ P7). Erlanson,DA; Braisted, AC; Raphael, DR; Randal, Mike; Stroud,RM; Gordon, EM; Wells, JA. Site-directed ligand discovery. 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Structure. 2012;20(6):967-76. • Protein engineering for stability • Size exclusion chromatography and flexibility • Protein diffusion and crystallization _____________________________________________________________________________ Focus Papers: Enzymes and Catalysis: Miller/Gross P13) Milburn MV, Tong L, deVos AM, Brunger A, Yamaizumi Z, Nishimura S, et al. Molecular switch for signal transduction: structural differences between active and inactive forms of protooncogenic ras proteins. Science. 1990;247 Kraulis PJ, Domaille PJ, Campbell-Burk SL, Van Aken T, Laue ED. Solution structure and dynamics of ras p21.GDP determined by heteronuclear three- and four-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 1994 _____________________________________________________________________________ P14) Worthylake DK, Rossman KL, Sondek J. Crystal structure of Rac1 in complex with the guanine nucleotide exchange region of Tiam1. Nature. 2000;408 Aghazadeh B, Lowry WE, Huang XY, Rosen MK. Structural basis for relief of autoinhibition of the Dbl homology domain of proto-oncogene Vav by tyrosine phosphorylation. Cell. 2000;102(5):625-33. _____________________________________________________________________________ P15) Li P, Martins IR, Amarasinghe GK, Rosen MK. Internal dynamics control activation and activity of the autoinhibited Vav DH domain. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008;15(6):613-8. _____________________________________________________________________________ END OF COHERENT Interaction: The CTerminal Domain of GAP IS Not Sufficient for Full Activity 1) Kraut, J. [1988] How do enzymes work? Science 242, 533-540. • • • • Transition state theory Basic kinetics Catalysis Enzyme kinetics _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Fastrez, J. & Fersht, A.R. [1973] Demonstration of the acyl-enzyme mechanism for the hydrolysis of peptides and anilides by chymotrypsin. Biochemistry 12, 2025-2034. • Serine proteases • Covalent intermediates • Multistep processing • Free energy vs. reaction coordinate _____________________________________________________________________________ 3) Abrahmsen, L., et al. [1991] Engineering subtilisin and its substrates for efficient ligation of peptide bonds in aqueous solution. Biochemistry 30, 4151-4159. • Changing the properties of enzymes • Microscopic reversibility • Chemical reactivity of active site groups • Additional examples of tailored enzymes _____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Raines, R.T., et al. [1986] Reaction energetics of a mutant triosephosphate isomerase in which the active-site glutamate has been changed to an aspartate. Biochemistry 25, 71427154. • Evolutionary perfection of enzyme catalysis • Concerted reactions • Diffusion control • Isotope effects _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Wells, T.N.C. & Fersht, A.R. [1986] Use of binding energy in catalysis analyzed by mutagenesis of the tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry 25, 1881-1886. • Specificity • Limits of fidelity • Proofreading mechanisms • Binding energy in catalysis _____________________________________________________________________________ 1) Kraut, J. [1988] How do enzymes work? Science 242, 533-540. • Transition state theory • Basic kinetics • Catalysis • Enzyme kinetics _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Fastrez, J. & Fersht, A.R. [1973] Demonstration of the acyl-enzyme mechanism for the hydrolysis of peptides and anilides by chymotrypsin. 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Biochemistry 25, 71427154. • Evolutionary perfection of enzyme catalysis • Concerted reactions • Diffusion control • Isotope effects _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Wells, T.N.C. & Fersht, A.R. [1986] Use of binding energy in catalysis analyzed by mutagenesis of the tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry 25, 1881-1886. • Specificity • Limits of fidelity • Proofreading mechanisms • Binding energy in catalysis _____________________________________________________________________________ Focus Papers for Protein Folding: Agard 1) Eriksson AE; Baase WA; Zhang XJ; Heinz DW; Blaber M; Baldwin EP; Matthews BW. Response of a protein structure to cavity-creating mutations and its relation to the hydrophobic effect. Science 255:178-183. (1992) • Quantitative measurement of contribution of hydrophobic effect to protein stability • Deletions result in cavities within the protein that compact to differing degrees • Energetics of cavity formation comparable to hydrophobic effect • Rationalizes energetic consequences of side chain mutations-after contradictions _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Riddle DS, Santiago JV, Bray-Hall ST, Doshi N, Grantcharova VP, Yi Q, Baker D Functional rapidly folding proteins from simplified amino acid sequences Nature Struct Biol 4:805-809 (1997) • How complex a sequence “alphabet” is required to code a stable protein fold? • Is the folding rate of small protein domains optimized through evolution? • Use of phage display for simplifying proteins _____________________________________________________________________________ 3) Hughson,F.M., Wright, P.E., Baldwin, R.L. Structural characterization of a partly folded apomyoglobin intermediate Science 249:1544-1548 (1990). • Molten globules are thought to be critical intermediates along folding pathways • Structure of a molten globule • Use of hydrogen exchange to study properties of folding reactions _____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Chamberlain AK; Handel TM; Marqusee S. Detection of rare partially folded molecules in equilibrium with the native conformation of RNaseH Nature Structure Biology 3:782-7 (1996). • Rare conformational states are accessible from the native state • Correlation between relative stability and folding pathways • Domains in a structure have different stabilities _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Netzer WJ, Hartl FU. Recombination of protein domains facilitated by co-translational folding in eukaryotes Nature 388:343-349 (1997) • Comparison; protein folding machinery in prokaryotes and eukaryotes • Fundamental differences may be adapted for folding of different kinds of proteins _____________________________________________________________________________ Focus Papers: Protein-Protein Interactions: Fletterick 1) Schuster SC; Swanson RV; Alex LA; Bourret RB; Simon MI. Assembly and function of a quaternary signal transduction complex monitored by surface plasmon resonance. 1993 Nature, 365(6444):343-7. • Measuring association and dissociation of proteins • Role of ATP driven phosphorylation and covalent modification in complex stability • Role of ligand binding to receptor in promoting assembly • SPR to derive binding constants • Quaternary signal transduction complex controls chemotaxis _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Horton N; Lewis M. Calculation of the free energy of association for protein complexes. (1992) Protein Science 1(1):169-81. • Thermodynamics of Protein Assembly • Structural Change on complexation • Empirical fitting of Atomic Interactions with Free Energy of Association • Estimate of free energy of H bonds and charge interactions in protein complexes and role of hydrophobic effect _____________________________________________________________________________ 3) Chothia C; Lesk AM; Tramontano A; Levitt M; Smith-Gill SJ; Air G; Sheriff S; Padlan EA; Davies D; Tulip WR; et al. Conformations of immunoglobulin hypervariable regions. Nature, 1989 Dec 21-28, 342(6252):877-83. • Definition of IgG fold • Definition of CDR’s and their conformations • Target sites on antigens and Fab’s • Structural changes, characterization of interfaces _____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Clackson T; Ultsch MH; Wells JA; de Vos AM. Structural and functional analysis of the 1:1 growth hormone:receptor complex reveals the molecular basis for receptor affinity. Journal of Molecular Biology, 1998 Apr 17, 277(5):1111-28. • Structure of Growth hormone with its receptor • Mutagenesis and Affinity define important interfaces _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Russo AA; Jeffrey PD; Patten AK; Massague J; Pavletich NP. Crystal structure of the p27Kip1 cyclin-dependent-kinase inhibitor bound to the cyclin A-Cdk2 complex. Nature, 1996 Jul 25, 382(6589):325-31. • Multiple interactions build a three-protein complex • Protein mimic of ATP • Changes in protein structure on complex formation _____________________________________________________________________________ Focus Papers: Nucleic acid-Protein Interactions: Frankel 1) Weeks, K. M. and Crothers, D. M. Major groove accessibility of RNA. 1993 Science 261, 1574-1577. • The major groove provides a prime recognition surface in nucleic acids • RNA and DNA structures are very different • Discontinuities in RNA helices make virtually all base pairs available for recognition _____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Murray, J. B., Terwey, D. P., Maloney, L., Karpeisky, A., Usman, N., Beigelman, L., and Scott, W. G. The structural basis of hammerhead ribozyme self-cleavage. 1998 Cell 92, 665-673. • RNAs adopt complex folds • RNAs can perform chemical reactions • Metal ions are important for structure and catalysis • RNAs can undergo major conformational change _____________________________________________________________________________ 3) Sclavi, B., Sullivan, M., Chance, M. R., Brenowitz, M., and Woodson, S. A. RNA folding at millisecond intervals by synchrotron hydroxyl radical footprinting. 1998 Science 279, 1940-1943. • RNA folding is ordered but does not necessarily follow a single pathway • Secondary structures (helices) assemble into higher order structures • Kinetic traps are possible • Folding time scales are similar to proteins _____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Rastinejad, F., Perlmann, T., Evans, R.M., and Sigler, P.B. Structural determinants of nuclear receptor assembly on DNA direct repeats. 1995 Nature 375, 203-211. • DNA-binding proteins often share common structural motifs • The major groove, minor groove, and backbone provide specific recognition points • Water molecules often are located at protein-nucleic acid interfaces • Oligomeric arrangements can generate different specificities _____________________________________________________________________________ 5) Price, S. R., Evans, P. E., and Nagai, K. Crystal structure of the spliceosomal U2B"-U2A' protein complex bound to a fragment of U2 small nuclear RNA. 1998 Nature 394, 645650. • RNA loops provide important recognition features • Both RNA and protein often show induced fit upon binding • Recognition surfaces can be remodeled to generate different specificities _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Epub 2000/09/28. PubMed PMID: 11007481.