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ArticleIntrinsically disordered proteins2015

Conformational heterogeneity and intrinsic disorder in enzyme regulation: Glucokinase as a case study.

Mioara Larion, Brian Miller, Rafael Brüschweiler

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Article in Intrinsically disordered proteins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mioara LarionDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The Ohio State University ; Columbus, OH USA.
Brian MillerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Florida State University ; Tallahassee, FL USA.
Rafael BrüschweilerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA; The Campus Chemical Instrument Center; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA.
Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates · USTallahassee Orthopedic Clinic · USThe Ohio State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many human proteins are predicted to contain intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), yet their occurrence in enzymes is notably rare. Human pancreatic glucokinase (GCK) is one of a small, but growing number of enzymes shown to possess an IDR. In this commentary, we summarize the results of recent biophysical studies that provide evidence for a functionally significant disorder-order transition within the IDR of GCK during the enzyme's catalytic cycle. High-resolution NMR studies indicate that kinetic cooperativity in GCK results from glucose-mediated millisecond conformational dynamics within the structurally heterogeneous and partially disordered small domain of this monomeric enzyme, whereby the precise timescale of these motions is critical for the manifestation of the kinetic cooperativity effect. GCK provides an excellent case study for understanding how structural and dynamic alterations within an IDR enable novel regulatory mechanisms. These studies also establish GCK as a model system for investigating the functional consequences of disorder and conformational heterogeneity in enzymatic systems in general.

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allosteric regulationenzymesglucokinaseintrinsically disordered proteinsintrinsically disordered regionskinetic cooperativityNMR

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PMID28232887
PMCPMC5314934
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