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ArticleMolecular bioSystems2016

De novo design of protein mimics of B-DNA.

Deniz Yüksel, Piero R Bianco, Krishna Kumar

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Article in Molecular bioSystems, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Deniz YükselDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA. krishna.kumar@tufts.edu.
Piero R BiancoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. pbianco@buffalo.edu.
Krishna KumarDepartment of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA. krishna.kumar@tufts.edu and Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

Funding

Mechanistic studies of stalled DNA replication fork rescueR01GM100156 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BIANCO, PIERO R, LYUBCHENKO, YURI L · 2013 to 2021
$4.0M
Protein Design Using Unnatural Amino AcidsR01GM065500 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KUMAR, KRISHNA · 2002 to 2010
$2.5M
Fluorinated Cell Surfaces to Modulate Biological FunctionR01CA125033 · NCI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KUMAR, KRISHNA · 2008 to 2011
$1.7M
Single Molecule Studies of DNA HelicasesR01GM066831 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI BIANCO, PIERO R · 2003 to 2007
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA125033NIGMS NIH HHS GM65500NIGMS NIH HHS GM66831NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065500NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066831NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100156
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structural mimicry of DNA is utilized in nature as a strategy to evade molecular defences mounted by host organisms. One such example is the protein Ocr - the first translation product to be expressed as the bacteriophage T7 infects E. coli. The structure of Ocr reveals an intricate and deliberate arrangement of negative charges that endows it with the ability to mimic ∼24 base pair stretches of B-DNA. This uncanny resemblance to DNA enables Ocr to compete in binding the type I restriction modification (R/M) system, and neutralizes the threat of hydrolytic cleavage of viral genomic material. Here, we report the de novo design and biophysical characterization of DNA mimicking peptides, and describe the inhibitory action of the designed helical bundles on a type I R/M enzyme, EcoR124I. This work validates the use of charge patterning as a design principle for creation of protein mimics of DNA, and serves as a starting point for development of therapeutic peptide inhibitors against human pathogens that employ molecular camouflage as part of their invasion stratagem.

Indexed as

Molecular MimicryAmino Acid SequenceDeoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-SpecificDNA, B-FormModels, MolecularMolecular ConformationMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesProtein BindingProteinsDeoxyribonucleases, Type I Site-SpecificDNA, B-FormPeptidesProteins

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PMID26568416
PMCPMC4699573

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