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Binding of two intrinsically disordered peptides to a multi-specific protein: a combined Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics study

In English

Författare

  • Iskra Staneva
  • Yongqi Huang
  • Zhirong Liu
  • Stefan Wallin

Summary, in English

The unique ability of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) to fold upon binding to partner molecules makes them functionally well-suited for cellular communication networks. For example, the folding-binding of different IDP sequences onto the same surface of an ordered protein provides a mechanism for signaling in a many-to-one manner. Here, we study the molecular details of this signaling mechanism by applying both Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo methods to S100B, a calcium-modulated homodimeric protein, and two of its IDP targets, p53 and TRTK-12. Despite adopting somewhat different conformations in complex with S100B and showing no apparent sequence similarity, the two IDP targets associate in virtually the same manner. As free chains, both target sequences remain flexible and sample their respective bound, natively alpha-helical states to a small extent. Association occurs through an intermediate state in the periphery of the S100B binding pocket, stabilized by nonnative interactions which are either hydrophobic or electrostatic in nature. Our results highlight the importance of overall physical properties of IDP segments, such as net charge or presence of strongly hydrophobic amino acids, for molecular recognition via coupled folding-binding.

Publiceringsår

2012

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

PLoS Computational Biology

Volym

8

Issue

9

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Ämne

  • Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Nyckelord

  • Monte Carlo
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • protein
  • binding

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1553-7358