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ArticleBiophysical journal2017

Natural Conformational Sampling of Human TNFα Visualized by Double Electron-Electron Resonance.

Bruce Carrington, William K Myers, Peter Horanyi, Mark Calmiano, Alastair D G Lawson

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Article in Biophysical journal, 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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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bruce CarringtonUCB Celltech, Slough, United Kingdom. Electronic address: bruce.carrington@ucb.com.
William K MyersDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Peter HoranyiBeryllium, Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Mark CalmianoUCB Celltech, Slough, United Kingdom.
Alastair D G LawsonUCB Celltech, Slough, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Double electron-electron resonance in conjunction with site-directed spin labeling has been used to probe natural conformational sampling of the human tumor necrosis factor α trimer. We suggest a previously unreported, predeoligomerization conformation of the trimer that has been shown to be sampled at low frequency. A model of this trimeric state has been constructed based on crystal structures using the double-electron-electron-resonance distances. The model shows one of the protomers to be rotated and tilted outward at the tip end, leading to a breaking of the trimerous symmetry and distortion at a receptor-binding interface. The new structure offers opportunities to modulate the biological activity of tumor necrosis factor α through stabilization of the distorted trimer with small molecules.

Indexed as

Electron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyEscherichia coliHumansModels, MolecularMutationProtein MultimerizationProtein StabilityProtein Structure, QuaternarySpin LabelsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaSpin LabelsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID28746848
PMCPMC5529296

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