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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2026

Loop Plasticity Drives Paralog-Specific Recognition in BET ET Domains.

Guadalupe Alvarez, Elizabeth Sebastian, Arup Mondal, Monica J Roth, Gaetano T Montelione, Alberto Perez

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Allosteric Protein Chemical Shift Perturbations are Ubiquitous.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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6 authors.

Guadalupe AlvarezChemistry Department and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.
Elizabeth SebastianChemistry Department and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.
Arup MondalChemistry Department and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8970-3380
Monica J RothDepartment of Pharmacology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane Rm 636, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2219-0402
Gaetano T MontelioneCenter for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9440-3059
Alberto PerezChemistry Department and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5054-5338

Funding

Targeting retroviral and virus-like particles for gene and protein deliveryR35GM122518 · NIGMS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Monica J. Roth · 2017 to 2026
$5.5M
Hybrid Methods for Dynamic Structure Analysis of Proteins from Pathogenic MicroorganismsR35GM141818 · NIGMS · RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE · PI MONTELIONE, GAETANO T · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Targeting the ET domain of BET proteins: specificity and selectivityR01GM149646 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Alberto Perez · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM149646NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122518NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141818
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) family uses its conserved ET domains to recognize diverse peptide motifs, yet exhibits paralog-specific binding preferences whose structural origins remain poorly understood. Using extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of BRD3-ET and BRD4-ET and experimental data for the unbound and peptide-bound states, we show that paralog selectivity arises not from large structural rearrangements but from subtle differences in the dynamics of the α2-α3 loop. Two divergent residues at positions 35 and 36 in this loop modulate the formation of flanking helices (η1 and η2), which in turn control the opening of the peptide-binding cavity and determine how each paralog accommodates distinct binding modes. These sequence-encoded dynamical differences shape the number, stability, and geometry of accessible binding modes and provide a structural rationale for paralog-specific targeting of BET proteins.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationNuclear ProteinsTranscription FactorsAmino Acid SequenceBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsHumansProtein BindingProtein DomainsBRD4 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsNuclear ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID41983650
PMCPMC13198941

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