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ArticleBiochemistry2017

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Structures of GCN4p Are Largely Conserved When Ion Pairs Are Disrupted at Acidic pH but Show a Relaxation of the Coiled Coil Superhelix.

Anne R Kaplan, Megan R Brady, Mark W Maciejewski, Richard A Kammerer, Andrei T Alexandrescu

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Article in Biochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 authors.

Anne R KaplanDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, United States.
Megan R BradyDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, United States.
Mark W MaciejewskiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health , Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3305, United States.
Richard A KammererLaboratory of Biomolecular Research, Division of Biology and Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut , 5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland.
Andrei T AlexandrescuDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8425-9276

Funding

TRD3 NMRbox: Bayesian AnalyticsP41GM111135 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HOCH, JEFFREY C · 2015 to 2024
$14.0M
PREDOCTORAL PROGRAM IN BIOPHYSICST32GM008283 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI XIONG, YONG · 1988 to 2022
$10.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111135NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand the roles ion pairs play in stabilizing coiled coils, we determined nuclear magnetic resonance structures of GCN4p at three pH values. At pH 6.6, all acidic residues are fully charged; at pH 4.4, they are half-charged, and at pH 1.5, they are protonated and uncharged. The α-helix monomer and coiled coil structures of GCN4p are largely conserved, except for a loosening of the coiled coil quaternary structure with a decrease in pH. Differences going from neutral to acidic pH include (i) an unwinding of the coiled coil superhelix caused by the loss of interchain ion pair contacts, (ii) a small increase in the separation of the monomers in the dimer, (iii) a loosening of the knobs-into-holes packing motifs, and (iv) an increased separation between oppositely charged residues that participate in ion pairs at neutral pH. Chemical shifts (HN, N, C', Cα, and Cβ) of GCN4p display a seven-residue periodicity that is consistent with α-helical structure and is invariant with pH. By contrast, periodicity in hydrogen exchange rates at neutral pH is lost at acidic pH as the exchange mechanism moves into the EX1 regime. On the basis of

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProtonsBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPhosphoproteinsProtein FoldingProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsStatic ElectricityBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsGCN4 protein, S cerevisiaePhosphoproteinsProtonsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMCPMC6355156

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