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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry letters2020

A Switch between Two Intrinsically Disordered Conformational Ensembles Modulates the Active Site of a Basic-Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor.

Giuseppe Sicoli, Thomas Kress, Hervé Vezin, Karin Ledolter, Dennis Kurzbach

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Article in The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Giuseppe SicoliLaboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l'Environnement (LASIRE), UMR CNRS 8516, Université de Lille, Avenue Paul Langevin - C4, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4872-5660
Thomas KressDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9133-4310
Hervé VezinLaboratoire Avancé de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l'Environnement (LASIRE), UMR CNRS 8516, Université de Lille, Avenue Paul Langevin - C4, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
Karin LedolterDepartment for Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University Vienna, Campus Vienna BioCenter 5, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Dennis KurzbachFaculty of Chemistry, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 38, 1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6455-2136
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRMax Perutz Labs · ATUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a conformational switch between two distinct intrinsically disordered subensembles within the active site of a transcription factor. This switch highlights an evolutionary benefit conferred by the high plasticity of intrinsically disordered domains, namely, their potential to dynamically sample a heterogeneous conformational space housing multiple states with tailored properties. We focus on proto-oncogenic basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH)-type transcription factors, as these play key roles in cell regulation and function. Despite intense research efforts, the understanding of structure-function relations of these transcription factors remains incomplete as they feature intrinsically disordered DNA-interaction domains that are difficult to characterize, theoretically as well as experimentally. Here we characterize the structural dynamics of the intrinsically disordered region DNA-binding site of the vital MYC-associated transcription factor X (MAX). Integrating nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements, we show that, in the absence of DNA, the binding site of the free MAX

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Amino Acid SequenceCatalytic DomainDNAElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyLigandsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationSolventsTranscription FactorsDNALigandsSolventsTranscription Factors

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PMID33030907
PMCPMC7649839
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