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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2021

The order of PDZ3 and TrpCage in fusion chimeras determines their properties-a biophysical characterization.

Kristyna Bousova, Lucie Bednarova, Monika Zouharova, Veronika Vetyskova, Klara Postulkova, Kateřina Hofbauerová, Olivia Petrvalska, Ondrej Vanek, Konstantinos Tripsianes, Jiri Vondrasek

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Kristyna BousovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9030-3811
Lucie BednarovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-3367-0193
Monika ZouharovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Veronika VetyskovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Klara PostulkovaInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
Kateřina HofbauerováFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7608-793X
Olivia PetrvalskaDepartment of Structural Biology of Signalling Proteins, Division BIOCEV, Institute of Physiology, Vestec, Czech Republic.
Ondrej VanekDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1190-8535
Konstantinos TripsianesCEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jiri VondrasekInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6066-973X

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Abstract

Most of the structural proteins known today are composed of domains that carry their own functions while keeping their structural properties. It is supposed that such domains, when taken out of the context of the whole protein, can retain their original structure and function to a certain extent. Information on the specific functional and structural characteristics of individual domains in a new context of artificial fusion proteins may help to reveal the rules of internal and external domain communication. Moreover, this could also help explain the mechanism of such communication and address how the mutual allosteric effect plays a role in a such multi-domain protein system. The simple model system of the two-domain fusion protein investigated in this work consisted of a well-folded PDZ3 domain and an artificially designed small protein domain called Tryptophan Cage (TrpCage). Two fusion proteins with swapped domain order were designed to study their structural and functional features as well as their biophysical properties. The proteins composed of PDZ3 and TrpCage, both identical in amino acid sequence but different in composition (PDZ3-TrpCage, TrpCage-PDZ3), were studied using circualr dichroism (CD) spectrometry, analytical ultracentrifugation, and molecular dynamic simulations. The biophysical analysis uncovered different structural and denaturation properties of both studied proteins, revealing their different unfolding pathways and dynamics.

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PDZ DomainsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTryptophanAmino Acid SequenceMolecular Dynamics SimulationRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTryptophanchimerasfusion proteinprotein domainsprotein dynamic studies

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PMID33969912
PMCPMC8284584

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