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ArticleBiomolecules2022

Distribution of Charged Residues Affects the Average Size and Shape of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins.

Greta Bianchi, Marco Mangiagalli, Alberto Barbiroli, Sonia Longhi, Rita Grandori, Carlo Santambrogio, Stefania Brocca

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Article in Biomolecules, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Greta BianchiDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3959-8858
Marco MangiagalliDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8211-165X
Alberto BarbiroliDepartement of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1678-5431
Sonia LonghiLaboratory Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), UMR 7257, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille University, 13288 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6829-6771
Rita GrandoriDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Carlo SantambrogioDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3986-6971
Stefania BroccaDepartment of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7256-4436
University of Milano-Bicocca · ITCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Milan · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are ensembles of interconverting conformers whose conformational properties are governed by several physico-chemical factors, including their amino acid composition and the arrangement of oppositely charged residues within the primary structure. In this work, we investigate the effects of charge patterning on the average compactness and shape of three model IDPs with different proline content. We model IDP ensemble conformations as ellipsoids, whose size and shape are calculated by combining data from size-exclusion chromatography and native mass spectrometry. For each model IDP, we analyzed the wild-type protein and two synthetic variants with permuted positions of charged residues, where positive and negative amino acids are either evenly distributed or segregated. We found that charge clustering induces remodeling of the conformational ensemble, promoting compaction and/or increasing spherical shape. Our data illustrate that the average shape and volume of the ensembles depend on the charge distribution. The potential effect of other factors, such as chain length, number of proline residues, and secondary structure content, is also discussed. This methodological approach is a straightforward way to model IDP average conformation and decipher the salient sequence attributes influencing IDP structural properties.

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Intrinsically Disordered ProteinsAmino AcidsProlineProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondaryAmino AcidsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsProlineaverage shape of conformational ensemblescharge clusteringcharged-residue patterningconformational compactnessellipsoid modelhydrodynamic radiuspolyelectrolytesproline contentsolvent-accessible surface area

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