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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2015

An integrative approach combining ion mobility mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the conformational dynamics of α1 -antitrypsin upon ligand binding.

Mun Peak Nyon, Tanya Prentice, Jemma Day, John Kirkpatrick, Ganesh N Sivalingam, Geraldine Levy, Imran Haq, James A Irving, David A Lomas, John Christodoulou and 2 more

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12 authors.

Mun Peak NyonInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Tanya PrenticeInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Jemma DayInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
John KirkpatrickInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Ganesh N SivalingamInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Geraldine LevyInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Imran HaqWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
James A IrvingWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
David A LomasWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
John ChristodoulouInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Bibek GooptuInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom.
Konstantinos ThalassinosInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/J003867/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Native mass spectrometry (MS) methods permit the study of multiple protein species within solution equilibria, whereas ion mobility (IM)-MS can report on conformational behavior of specific states. We used IM-MS to study a conformationally labile protein (α1 -antitrypsin) that undergoes pathological polymerization in the context of point mutations. The folded, native state of the Z-variant remains highly polymerogenic in physiological conditions despite only minor thermodynamic destabilization relative to the wild-type variant. Various data implicate kinetic instability (conformational lability within a native state ensemble) as the basis of Z α1 -antitrypsin polymerogenicity. We show the ability of IM-MS to track such disease-relevant conformational behavior in detail by studying the effects of peptide binding on α1 -antitrypsin conformation and dynamics. IM-MS is, therefore, an ideal platform for the screening of compounds that result in therapeutically beneficial kinetic stabilization of native α1 -antitrypsin. Our findings are confirmed with high-resolution X-ray crystallographic and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies of the same event, which together dissect structural changes from dynamic effects caused by peptide binding at a residue-specific level. IM-MS methods, therefore, have great potential for further study of biologically relevant thermodynamic and kinetic instability of proteins and provide rapid and multidimensional characterization of ligand interactions of therapeutic interest.

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alpha 1-AntitrypsinCrystallography, X-RayDrug DiscoveryHumansLigandsMass SpectrometryMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularPeptidesProtein BindingProtein ConformationThermodynamicsalpha 1-AntitrypsinLigandsPeptidesbiomoleculardrug discoveryion mobility mass spectrometrymass spectrometry/methodsnuclear magnetic resonanceprotein dynamicsprotein unfoldingX-ray crystallographyα1-antitrypsin

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PMCPMC4534181

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