Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25342806›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2014

High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles.

Po-Ssu Huang, Gustav Oberdorfer, Chunfu Xu, Xue Y Pei, Brent L Nannenga, Joseph M Rogers, Frank DiMaio, Tamir Gonen, Ben Luisi, David Baker

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 147 papers.

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147 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Po-Ssu Huang *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Gustav Oberdorfer *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Chunfu Xu *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Xue Y PeiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Brent L NannengaJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Joseph M RogersDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK.
Frank DiMaioDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Tamir GonenJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Ben LuisiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
David Baker *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilHoward Hughes Medical InstituteWellcome Trust 076846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a procedure for designing proteins with backbones produced by varying the parameters in the Crick coiled coil-generating equations. Combinatorial design calculations identify low-energy sequences for alternative helix supercoil arrangements, and the helices in the lowest-energy arrangements are connected by loop building. We design an antiparallel monomeric untwisted three-helix bundle with 80-residue helices, an antiparallel monomeric right-handed four-helix bundle, and a pentameric parallel left-handed five-helix bundle. The designed proteins are extremely stable (extrapolated ΔGfold > 60 kilocalories per mole), and their crystal structures are close to those of the design models with nearly identical core packing between the helices. The approach enables the custom design of hyperstable proteins with fine-tuned geometries for a wide range of applications.

Indexed as

Combinatorial Chemistry TechniquesProtein Structure, SecondaryCrystallography, X-RayProtein DenaturationProtein EngineeringThermodynamics

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PMID25342806
PMCPMC4612401

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