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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Studying GGDEF Domain in the Act: Minimize Conformational Frustration to Prevent Artefacts.

Federico Mantoni, Chiara Scribani Rossi, Alessandro Paiardini, Adele Di Matteo, Loredana Cappellacci, Riccardo Petrelli, Massimo Ricciutelli, Alessio Paone, Francesca Cutruzzolà, Giorgio Giardina and 1 more

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Characterisation of sequence-structure-function space in sensor-effector integrators of phytochrome-regulated diguanylate cyclases.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2022
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11 authors.

Federico MantoniDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Chiara Scribani RossiDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Alessandro PaiardiniDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Adele Di MatteoInstitute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5921-7365
Loredana CappellacciMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8155-7211
Riccardo PetrelliMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4760-1204
Massimo RicciutelliMedicinal Chemistry Unit, School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino, Italy.
Alessio PaoneDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesca CutruzzolàDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Giorgio GiardinaDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0802-1370
Serena RinaldoDepartment of Biochemical Sciences "A. Rossi Fanelli", Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0682-023X

Funding

Istituto Pasteur Italia - Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti 214/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GGDEF-containing proteins respond to different environmental cues to finely modulate cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) levels in time and space, making the allosteric control a distinctive trait of the corresponding proteins. The diguanylate cyclase mechanism is emblematic of this control: two GGDEF domains, each binding one GTP molecule, must dimerize to enter catalysis and yield c-di-GMP. The need for dimerization makes the GGDEF domain an ideal conformational switch in multidomain proteins. A re-evaluation of the kinetic profile of previously characterized GGDEF domains indicated that they are also able to convert GTP to GMP: this unexpected reactivity occurs when conformational issues hamper the cyclase activity. These results create new questions regarding the characterization and engineering of these proteins for in solution or structural studies.

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allosteryc-di-GMPenzyimatic assayGGDEFprotein engineering

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PMID33418960
PMCPMC7825114

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