Design of protein switches based on an ensemble model of allostery.
Design of protein switches based on an ensemble model of allostery.
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DOI：
10.1038/ncomms7968
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发表时间：
2015-04-22
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16.6
通讯作者：
Ostermeier M
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作者：
Choi JH;Laurent AH;Hilser VJ;Ostermeier M
Switchable proteins that can be regulated through exogenous or endogenous inputs have a broad range of biotechnological and biomedical applications. Here we describe the design of switchable enzymes based on an ensemble allosteric model. First, we insert an enzyme domain into an effector-binding domain such that both domains remained functionally intact. Second, we induce the fusion to behave as a switch through the introduction of conditional conformational flexibility designed to increase the conformational entropy of the enzyme domain in a temperature- or pH-dependent fashion. We confirm the switching behaviour in vitro and in vivo. Structural and thermodynamic studies support the hypothesis that switching result from an increase in conformational entropy of the enzyme domain in the absence of effector. These results support the ensemble model of allostery and embody a strategy for the design of protein switches.
