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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Molecular Dynamics of CYFIP2 Protein and Its R87C Variant Related to Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.

Ísis V Biembengut, Patrícia Shigunov, Natalia F Frota, Marcos R Lourenzoni, Tatiana A C B de Souza

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. 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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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ísis V BiembengutLaboratory for Structural and Computational Proteomics, Carlos Chagas Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Paraná (Fiocruz-PR), Curitiba 80320-290, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3149-5950
Patrícia ShigunovLaboratory of Basic Biology of Stem Cells, Carlos Chagas Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Paraná (Fiocruz-PR), Curitiba 80320-290, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6443-1529
Natalia F FrotaCampus do Pici (Bloco 873), Federal University of Ceara (UFC), Fortaleza 60440-970, Brazil.
Marcos R LourenzoniResearch Group on Protein Engineering and Health Solutions (GEPeSS), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Ceará (Fiocruz-CE), São José, Precabura, Eusébio 61773-270, Brazil.
Tatiana A C B de SouzaLaboratory for Structural and Computational Proteomics, Carlos Chagas Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Paraná (Fiocruz-PR), Curitiba 80320-290, Brazil.
Fundação Carlos Chagas · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The CYFIP2 protein (cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 2) is part of the WAVE regulatory complex (WRC). CYFIP2 was recently correlated to neurological disorders by the association of the R87C variant with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) patients. In this set of syndromes, the epileptic spasms and seizures since early childhood lead to impaired neurological development in children. Inside the WRC, the variant residue is at the CYFIP2 and WAVE1 protein interface. Thus, the hypothesis is that the R87C modification weakens this interaction, allowing the WRC complex's constant activation. This work aimed to investigate the impacts of the mutation on the structure of the WRC complex through molecular dynamics simulation. For that, we constructed WRC models containing WAVE1-NCKAP1 proteins complexed with WT or R87C CYFIP2. Our simulations showed a flexibilization of the loop comprising residues 80-110 due to the loss of contacts between internal residues in the R87C CYFIP2 as well as the key role of residues R/C87, E624, and E689 in structural modification. These data could explain the mechanism by which the mutation impairs the stability and proper regulation of the WRC.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationSpasms, InfantileAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingChildChild, PreschoolFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1HumansInfantMutationSeizuresAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCYFIP2 protein, humanFMR1 protein, humanFragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1CYFIP2early infantile epileptic encephalopathiesmolecular dynamicsWRC complex

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