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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Probing Protein Folding with Sequence-Reversed α-Helical Bundles.

Aikaterini Kefala, Maria Amprazi, Efstratios Mylonas, Dina Kotsifaki, Mary Providaki, Charalambos Pozidis, Melina Fotiadou, Michael Kokkinidis

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 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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Aikaterini KefalaInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Maria AmpraziInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Efstratios MylonasInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4476-3010
Dina KotsifakiInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Mary ProvidakiInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Charalambos PozidisInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Melina FotiadouDepartment of Biology, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Michael KokkinidisInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IMBB-FORTH), 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3112-6904

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme BioStruct-X Proposal ID 7054National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2014-2020 ΕΔΒΜ34SOLEIL synchrotron Proposal ID 20140253SOLEIL synchrotron Proposal ID 20160538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent protein folding motifs include various types of helical bundles formed by α-helices that supercoil around each other. While specific patterns of amino acid residues (heptad repeats) characterize the highly versatile folding motif of four-α-helical bundles, the significance of the polypeptide chain directionality is not sufficiently understood, although it determines sequence patterns, helical dipoles, and other parameters for the folding and oligomerization processes of bundles. To investigate directionality aspects in sequence-structure relationships, we reversed the amino acid sequences of two well-characterized, highly regular four-α-helical bundle proteins and studied the folding, oligomerization, and structural properties of the retro-proteins, using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy (CD), Size Exclusion Chromatography combined with Multi-Angle Laser Light Scattering (SEC-MALS), and Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). The comparison of the parent proteins with their retro-counterparts reveals that while the α-helical character of the parents is affected to varying degrees by sequence reversal, the folding states, oligomerization propensities, structural stabilities, and shapes of the new molecules strongly depend on the characteristics of the heptad repeat patterns. The highest similarities between parent and retro-proteins are associated with the presence of uninterrupted heptad patterns in helical bundles sequences.

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Protein FoldingAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsChromatography, GelCircular DichroismEscherichia coliModels, MolecularPeptidesProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalRNA-Binding ProteinsScattering, Small AngleX-Ray DiffractionBacterial ProteinsPeptidesRNA-Binding ProteinsRop protein, ColE1 plasmid4-α-helical bundlecircular dichroism (CD)coiled-coil proteinsmultiangle laser light scattering (MALS)polypeptide chain directionalityprotein foldingRM6 proteinrop proteinsmall angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)α-helix

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PMID33669383
PMCPMC7920257

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