Artikel: What Strengthens Protein-Protein Interactions: Analysis and Applications of Residue Correlation Networks.
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2023
Abstract: Identifying critical residues in protein-protein binding and efficiently designing stable and specific protein binders to target another protein is challenging. In addition to direct contacts in a protein-protein binding interface, our study employs ... ...
| Abstract | Identifying critical residues in protein-protein binding and efficiently designing stable and specific protein binders to target another protein is challenging. In addition to direct contacts in a protein-protein binding interface, our study employs computation modeling to reveal the essential network of residue interaction and dihedral angle correlation critical in protein-protein recognition. We propose that mutating residues regions exhibited highly correlated motions within the interaction network can efficiently optimize protein-protein interactions to create tight and selective protein binders. We validated our strategy using ubiquitin (Ub) and MERS coronaviral papain-like protease (PLpro) complexes, where Ub is one central player in many cellular functions and PLpro is an antiviral drug target. Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental assays were used to predict and verify our designed Ub variant (UbV) binders. Our designed UbV with 3 mutated residues resulted in a ~3,500-fold increase in functional inhibition, compared with the wild-type Ub. Further optimization by incorporating 2 more residues within the network, the 5-point mutant achieved a K |
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| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2023-06-05 |
| Erscheinungsland | United States |
| Dokumenttyp | Preprint |
| DOI | 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2869897/v1 |
| Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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