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ArticleeLife2024

Role of the αC-β4 loop in protein kinase structure and dynamics.

Jian Wu, Nisha A Jonniya, Sophia P Hirakis, Cristina Olivieri, Gianluigi Veglia, Alexandr P Kornev, Susan S Taylor

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Article in eLife, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Jian Wu *Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8031-9462
Nisha A Jonniya *Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.
Sophia P HirakisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.
Cristina OlivieriDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States.
Gianluigi VegliaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2795-6964
Alexandr P KornevDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.
Susan S TaylorDepartment of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7702-6108

Funding

Lessons Learned from PKA: Assembly of Dynamic Macromolecular SwitchesR35GM130389 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SUSAN S. TAYLOR · 2019 to 2026
$5.7M
Mapping Allosteric Cooperativity in Protein KinasesR01GM100310 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI VEGLIA, GIANLUIGI · 2012 to 2019
$4.3M
Structural Basis of Dilated CardiomyopathyR01HL144130 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI VEGLIA, GIANLUIGI · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144130NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100310NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130389NIH Office of the Director GM100310 and HL144130NIH Office of the Director GM130389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the αC-β4 loop is a stable feature of all protein kinases, the importance of this motif as a conserved element of secondary structure, as well as its links to the hydrophobic architecture of the kinase core, has been underappreciated. We first review the motif and then describe how it is linked to the hydrophobic spine architecture of the kinase core, which we first discovered using a computational tool, local spatial Pattern (LSP) alignment. Based on NMR predictions that a mutation in this motif abolishes the synergistic high-affinity binding of ATP and a pseudo substrate inhibitor, we used LSP to interrogate the F100A mutant. This comparison highlights the importance of the αC-β4 loop and key residues at the interface between the N- and C-lobes. In addition, we delved more deeply into the structure of the apo C-subunit, which lacks ATP. While apo C-subunit showed no significant changes in backbone dynamics of the αC-β4 loop, we found significant differences in the side chain dynamics of K105. The LSP analysis suggests disruption of communication between the N- and C-lobes in the F100A mutant, which would be consistent with the structural changes predicted by the NMR spectroscopy.

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Protein KinasesAdenosine TriphosphateHumansModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondaryAdenosine TriphosphateProtein KinasesF100A mutantlocal spatial patternmolecular biophysicsmolecular dynamics simulationsnoneprotein kinase Astructural biologyαC-β4 loop

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PMID39630082
PMCPMC11616992

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