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ArticleChemical science2021

Semisynthetic 'designer' p53 sheds light on a phosphorylation-acetylation relay.

Sofia Margiola, Karola Gerecht, Manuel M Müller

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Article in Chemical science, 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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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sofia MargiolaDepartment of Chemistry, King's College London 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK manuel.muller@kcl.ac.uk.
Karola GerechtDepartment of Chemistry, King's College London 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK manuel.muller@kcl.ac.uk.
Manuel M MüllerDepartment of Chemistry, King's College London 7 Trinity Street London SE1 1DB UK manuel.muller@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6701-0893
King's College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 202250/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumor suppressor protein p53 is a master regulator of cell fate. The activity of p53 is controlled by a plethora of posttranslational modifications (PTMs). However, despite extensive research, the mechanisms of this regulation are still poorly understood due to a paucity of biochemical studies with p53 carrying defined PTMs. Here, we report a protein semi-synthesis approach to access site-specifically modified p53. We synthesized a set of chemically homogeneous full-length p53 carrying one (Ser20ph and Ser15ph) or two (Ser15,20ph) naturally occurring, damage-associated phosphoryl marks. Refolding and biochemical characterization of semisynthetic p53 variants confirmed their structural and functional integrity. Furthermore, we show that phosphorylation within the N-terminal domain directly enhances p300-dependent acetylation approximately twofold, consistent with the role of these marks in p53 activation. Given that the p53 N-terminus is a hotspot for PTMs, we believe that our approach will contribute greatly to a mechanistic understanding of how p53 is controlled by PTMs.

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PMID34221338
PMCPMC8221199
OpenAlexW3162040917

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