A tale of two secondary structure elements:: When a β-hairpin becomes an α-helix

被引:27
作者
Cregut, D
Civera, C
Macias, MJ
Wallon, G
Serrano, L
机构
[1] European Mol Biol Lab, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[2] Univ Complutense, Dept Quim Fis 2, Fac Farm, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
关键词
GB1; domain; protein folding; kinetics; protein stability; secondary structure;
D O I
10.1006/jmbi.1999.2966
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In this work, we have analyzed the relative importance of secondary versus tertiary interactions in stabilizing and guiding protein folding. For this purpose, we have designed four different mutants to replace the alpha-helix of the G(B1) domain by a sequence with strong beta-hairpin propensity in isolation. In particular, we have chosen the sequence of the second beta-hairpin of the G(B1) domain, which populates the native conformation in aqueous solution to a significant extent. The resulting protein has roughly 30% of its sequence duplicated and maintains the 3D-structure of the wild-type protein, but with lower stability (up to -5 kcal/mol). The loss of intrinsic helix stability accounts for about 80 % of the decrease in free energy, illustrating the importance of local interactions in protein stability. Interestingly enough, all the mutant proteins, included the one with the duplicated P-hairpin sequence, fold with similar rates as the GB1 domain. Essentially, it is the nature of the rate-limiting step in the folding reaction that determines whether a particular interaction will speed up, or not, the folding rates. While local contacts are important in determining protein stability, residues involved in tertiary contacts in combination with the topology of the native fold, seem to be responsible for the specificity of protein structures. Proteins with non-native secondary structure tendencies can adopt stable folds and be as efficient in folding as those proteins with native-like propensities. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
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页码:389 / 401
页数:13
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