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Hocking, H.G. ; Häse, F.* ; Madl, T. ; Zacharias, M.* ; Rief, M.* ; Žoldák, G.*

A compact native 24-residue supersecondary structure derived from the villin headpiece subdomain.

Biophys. J. 108, 678-686 (2015)
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Many small proteins fold highly cooperatively in an all-or-none fashion and thus their native states are well protected from thermal fluctuations by an extensive network of interactions across the folded structure. Because protein structures are stabilized by local and nonlocal interactions among distal residues, dissecting individual substructures from the context of folded proteins results in large destabilization and loss of unique three-dimensional structure. Thus, mini-protein substructures can only rarely be derived from natural templates. Here, we describe a compact native 24-residues-long supersecondary structure derived from the hyperstable villin headpiece subdomain consisting of helices 2 and 3 (HP24). Using a combination of experimental techniques, including NMR and small-angle x-ray scattering, as well as all-atom replica exchange molecular-dynamics simulations, we show that a variant with stabilizing substitutions (HP24stab) forms a densely packed and compact conformation. In HP24stab, interactions between helices 2 and 3 are similar to those observed in native folded HP35, and the two helices cooperatively stabilize each other by completing the hydrophobic core lining the central part of HP35. Interestingly, even though the HP24wt fragment shows a more expanded and less structured conformation, NMR and simulations demonstrate a preference for a native-like topology. Thus, the two stabilizing residues in HP24stab shift the energy balance toward the native state, leading to a minimal folding motif.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Ultrafast Folding Protein; Secondary Structure Analyses; Helix-coil Transition; Unfolded State; Crystal-structures; Natural-selection; Energy Landscape; Vibrational Echo; Denatured State; Force-field
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2015
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0006-3495
e-ISSN 1542-0086
Zeitschrift Biophysical Journal
Quellenangaben Band: 108, Heft: 3, Seiten: 678-686 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort Cambridge
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30505 - New Technologies for Biomedical Discoveries
Forschungsfeld(er) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-552800-001
PubMed ID 25650934
Scopus ID 84947202343
Erfassungsdatum 2015-02-06