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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2024

Binding and sensing diverse small molecules using shape-complementary pseudocycles.

Linna An, Meerit Said, Long Tran, Sagardip Majumder, Inna Goreshnik, Gyu Rie Lee, David Juergens, Justas Dauparas, Ivan Anishchenko, Brian Coventry and 15 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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43 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Linna AnDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9858-9105
Meerit Said *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3150-3140
Long Tran *Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9723-3529
Sagardip Majumder *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4736-6945
Inna GoreshnikDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9254-9249
Gyu Rie LeeDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9119-5303
David JuergensDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6425-8391
Justas DauparasDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0030-144X
Ivan AnishchenkoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Brian CoventryDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6910-6255
Asim K BeraDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9473-2912
Alex KangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5487-0499
Paul M LevineDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4874-5557
Valentina AlvarezDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-6056-9649
Arvind PillaiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5012-1199
Christoffer NornBioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1450-4651
David FeldmanBioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dmitri ZorineDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7770-8929
Derrick R HicksDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2950-1848
Xinting LiInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5559-7578
Mariana Garcia SanchezInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-9194-0251
Dionne K VafeadosInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2560-8907
Patrick J SalvesonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0962-6010
Anastassia A VorobievaVIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5554-1398
David BakerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7896-6217

Funding

X-ray Scattering Technology CoreP30GM133893 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI Vivian Stojanoff · 2019 to 2026
$38.6M
User Training and OutreachP30GM124165 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI STEVEN E EALICK · 2018 to 2026
$34.2M
Centers for Research on Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research75N93022C00036 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI STAKER, BART · 2022 to 2025
$21.7M
Project 4: Novel reagent development to enable molecular characterizationU19AG065156 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI TIAN, LU · 2020 to 2024
$15.9M
De Novo Design of Minibinder Antagonists for COVID-19 and Future PandemicsR01AI160052 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAKER, DAVID, FULLER, DEBORAH H. · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Designed Vehicles for Blood Brain Barrier TraversalR01AG063845 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAKER, DAVID · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS 75N93022C00036NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201700059CNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI160052NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063845NIA NIH HHS U19 AG065156NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124165NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM133893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe an approach for designing high-affinity small molecule-binding proteins poised for downstream sensing. We use deep learning-generated pseudocycles with repeating structural units surrounding central binding pockets with widely varying shapes that depend on the geometry and number of the repeat units. We dock small molecules of interest into the most shape complementary of these pseudocycles, design the interaction surfaces for high binding affinity, and experimentally screen to identify designs with the highest affinity. We obtain binders to four diverse molecules, including the polar and flexible methotrexate and thyroxine. Taking advantage of the modular repeat structure and central binding pockets, we construct chemically induced dimerization systems and low-noise nanopore sensors by splitting designs into domains that reassemble upon ligand addition.

Indexed as

Deep LearningProtein BindingProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesBinding SitesLigandsMethotrexateMolecular Docking SimulationNanoporesProtein MultimerizationThyroxineLigandsMethotrexateProteinsSmall Molecule LibrariesThyroxine

Identifiers

PMID39024436
PMCPMC11542606

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