The cis-Pro touch-turn: a rare motif preferred at functional sites.
The cis-Pro touch-turn: a rare motif preferred at functional sites.
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cis-Pro touch-turn:功能位点首选的罕见基序。
DOI:
10.1002/prot.20101
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发表时间:
2004
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Richardson,JaneS
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Videau,LizbethL;Arendall3rd,WBryan;Richardson,JaneS
ABSTRACT A new motif of three-dimensional (3D) protein structure is described, called the cis-Pro touch-turn. In this four-residue, three-peptide motif, the central peptide is cis. Residue 2, which precedes the proline, has, values either in the “prePro region” of the Ramachandran plot near 130, 75 or in the L region near 60, 60. The C (1)–C (4) distance is 4–5 Å and the two flanking peptides lie parallel to one another, making van der Waals contact rather than a hydrogen bond. Apparently, this arrangement is locally unfavorable and therefore rare, usually occurring only if needed for biological function. Of the 12 examples in a 500-protein database, cis-Pro touch-turns are found at the catalytic sites of pectate lyase, Ni-Fe hydrogenase, glucoamylase, xylanase, and opine dehydrogenase and at the primary binding sites of ribonuclease H, type I DNA polymerase, ribotoxin, and phage gene 3 protein. In each of these protein families, the touch-turns serve different roles; their functional importance is supported by conservation and mutagenesis data. In analyzing the conservation patterns of these 3D motifs, new methods for in-depth quality evaluation of the structural bioinformatic data are employed to distinguish between significant exceptions and errors. Proteins 2004; 56: 298–309.