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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Network Basis for the Structural Thermostability and the Functional Thermoactivity of Aldolase B.

Guangyu Wang

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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Guangyu WangDepartment of Physiology and Membrane Biology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5581-6926
Research & Development Institute · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermostability is important for the thermoactivity of proteins including enzymes. However, it is still challenging to pinpoint the specific structural factors for different temperature thresholds to initiate their specific structural and functional perturbations. Here, graph theory was used to investigate how the temperature-dependent noncovalent interactions as identified in the structures of aldolase B and its prevalent A149P mutant could form a systematic fluidic grid-like mesh network with topological grids to regulate the structural thermostability and the functional thermoactivity upon cyclization against decyclization in an extended range of a subunit. The results showed that the biggest grid may determine the melting temperature thresholds for the changes in their secondary and tertiary structures and specific catalytic activities. Further, a highly conserved thermostable grid may serve as an anchor to secure the flexible active site to achieve the specific thermoactivity. Finally, higher grid-based systematic thermal instability may disfavor the thermoactivity. Thus, this computational study may provide critical clues for the structural thermostability and the functional thermoactivity of proteins including enzymes.

Indexed as

Fructose-Bisphosphate AldolaseEnzyme StabilityTemperatureFructose-Bisphosphate Aldolasecyclization against decyclizationenzymegrid thermodynamicsnon-covalent interactionproteinsystemic thermal instabilitytemperature sensitivitythermoactivitythermostabilitythreshold

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PMID36838836
PMCPMC9959246
OpenAlexW4321100309

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