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ArticleJournal of computational chemistry2022

Thermostabilization mechanisms in thermophilic versus mesophilic three-helix bundle proteins.

Catrina Nguyen, Lauren M Yearwood, Michelle E McCully

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Article in Journal of computational chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Catrina NguyenDepartment of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
Lauren M YearwoodDepartment of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.
Michelle E McCullyDepartment of Biology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9774-0608

Funding

The Balance Between Stability and Function in Naturally Occurring and Engineered ProteinsR15GM134439 · NIGMS · SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY · PI MCCULLY, MICHELLE E · 2019 to 2022
$466k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM134439NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM134439
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The engineered three-helix bundle, UVF, is thermostabilized entropically due to heightened, native-state dynamics. However, it is unclear whether this thermostabilization strategy is observed in natural proteins from thermophiles. We performed all-atom, explicit solvent molecular dynamics simulations of two three-helix bundles from thermophilic H. butylicus (2lvsN and 2lvsC) and compared their dynamics to a mesophilic three-helix bundle, the Engrailed homeodomain (EnHD). Like UVF, 2lvsC had heightened native dynamics, which it maintained without unfolding at 100°C. Shortening and rigidification of loops in 2lvsN and 2lvsC and increased surface hydrogen bonds in 2lvsN were observed, as is common in thermophilic proteins. A buried disulfide and salt bridge in 2lvsN and 2lvsC, respectively, provided some stabilization, and addition of a homologous disulfide bond in EnHD slowed unfolding. The transferability and commonality of stabilization strategies among members of the three-helix bundle fold suggest that these strategies may be general and deployable in designing thermostable proteins.

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TemperatureArchaeal ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein EngineeringProtein StabilityPyrodictiaceaeArchaeal Proteinsmolecular dynamicsprotein dynamicsprotein engineeringprotein thermostabilitythermophile

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PMID34738662
PMCPMC8665064

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