Schneider, R; Maurin, D; Communie, G; Kragelj, J; Hansen, DF; Ruigrok, RW; Jensen, MR; Schneider, R; Maurin, D; Communie, G; Kragelj, J; Hansen, DF; Ruigrok, RW; Jensen, MR; Blackledge, M; - view fewer (2015) Visualizing the molecular recognition trajectory of an intrinsically disordered protein using multinuclear relaxation dispersion NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society , 137 (3) pp. 1220-1229. 10.1021/ja511066q.

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Abstract

Despite playing important roles throughout biology, molecular recognition mechanisms in intrinsically disordered proteins remain poorly understood. We present a combination of (1)H(N), (13)C', and (15)N relaxation dispersion NMR, measured at multiple titration points, to map the interaction between the disordered domain of Sendai virus nucleoprotein (NT) and the C-terminal domain of the phosphoprotein (PX). Interaction with PX funnels the free-state equilibrium of NT by stabilizing one of the previously identified helical substates present in the prerecognition ensemble in a nonspecific and dynamic encounter complex on the surface of PX. This helix then locates into the binding site at a rate coincident with intrinsic breathing motions of the helical groove on the surface of PX. The binding kinetics of complex formation are thus regulated by the intrinsic free-state conformational dynamics of both proteins. This approach, providing high-resolution structural and kinetic information about a complex folding and binding interaction trajectory, can be applied to a number of experimental systems to provide a general framework for understanding conformational disorder in biomolecular function.

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