Functional Motions of Modular Signaling Proteins

模块化信号蛋白的功能运动

基本信息

批准号：
8242043
负责人：
JEFFREY W PENG
金额：
$ 24.85万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-04-01 至 2016-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8242043
关键词：
Active Sites Adopted Affect Affinity Alzheimer&apos s Disease Binding Biochemical Biological Biological Models Biology Catalysis Catalytic Domain Cell Cycle Cell Cycle Proteins Cell Survival Cells Chemicals Communication Complex Disease Docking Goals Health Human Human Biology Individual Investigation Isomerase Length Life Ligands Link Malignant Neoplasms Mediating Mitotic Modeling Molecular Motion Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Orthologous Gene Pathogenesis Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases Phosphotransferases Principal Investigator Process Property Protein Dynamics Proteins Publishing Research Role Side Signal Transduction Signaling Protein Specificity Structure Testing Work Yeasts base cell growth computer studies computerized data processing design flexibility inhibitor/antagonist insight new therapeutic target paralogous gene preference programs protein protein interaction stem therapeutic target

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Understanding the pathogenesis of cell cycle diseases (e.g., cancer) is complex due to the multiplicity of protein-protein interactions that must be considered. The view of protein-protein interactions as highly inter-connected networks embraces this complexity at the outset, and holds out the promise for the discovery of new therapeutic targets and strategies. To realize this promise, we must understand how key network proteins - modular signaling proteins - drive cellular signal transduction. Mounting evidence shows that these proteins have significant conformational dynamics that change upon target binding. This suggests a functional link between network signaling and protein motion. Yet, most analyses of protein interaction networks implicitly assume static structures. Hence, defining the influence of conformational dynamics on signaling within protein-protein interaction networks remains an outstanding challenge in biology. The goal of our proposed research is to deepen our understanding of how the functional motions of modular signaling proteins affects normal versus pathogenic network signaling, and eventually suggest new strategies for the design of ligands targeting dynamic modular proteins. Toward this goal, we explore two hypotheses developed from our recent work: (1) modular signaling proteins vary the sequences of their recognition loops to enhance binding preference; this has implications for interaction diversity and signal routing within the network; (2) modular signaling proteins use inter-domain interactions to stimulate changes in dynamics that allosterically modulate catalytic activity; this has implications for the mechanisms by which individual proteins process chemical signals. To investigate these hypotheses, we propose NMR investigations of dynamics-activity relationships in a model protein, human Pin1. Pin1 is a mitotic regulator consisting of a docking module (WW domain) flexibly linked to a catalytic module (isomerase domain), and is a current cancer target. Its robust biochemical properties make it an excellent model system for exploring fundamental properties of modular proteins. Investigations will use full-length Pin1, its isolated domains, and known Pin1 substrates/inhibitors. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE This proposal describes studies of a model system to understand how intrinsic protein dynamics enable biological networks to maintain cell survival and growth. The proposed research will provide new insights into the molecular origins of disease.

描述（由申请人提供）：了解细胞周期疾病的发病机理（例如，癌症）由于必须考虑的蛋白质蛋白质相互作用而复杂。蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用作为高度相互连接的网络的观点一开始就包含了这种复杂性，并确立了发现新的治疗靶标和策略的希望。要实现这一诺言，我们必须了解关键网络蛋白如何驱动细胞信号转导。越来越多的证据表明，这些蛋白质具有明显的构象动力学，可以在靶结合时改变。这表明网络信号传导与蛋白质运动之间的功能联系。然而，大多数对蛋白质相互作用网络的分析隐含地假设静态结构。因此，定义构象动力学对蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用网络中信号传导的影响仍然是生物学的重要挑战。我们提出的研究的目的是加深我们对模块化信号蛋白的功能运动如何影响正常与致病网络信号的理解，并最终提出了针对动态模块化蛋白的配体设计的新策略。为了实现这一目标，我们探讨了从最近的工作中提出的两个假设：（1）模块化信号蛋白改变了其识别环的序列以增强结合偏好；这对网络中的交互多样性和信号路由有影响。（2）模块化信号传导蛋白使用域间相互作用来刺激变构调节催化活性的动力学变化；这对单个蛋白质处理化学信号的机制具有影响。为了研究这些假设，我们提出了模型蛋白质PIN1中动态活性关系的NMR研究。 PIN1是一种有丝分裂调节剂，该调节剂由与催化模块（异构酶结构域）链接的对接模块（WW结构域）组成，并且是当前的癌症靶标。它可靠的生化特性使其成为探索模块化蛋白质基本特性的绝佳模型系统。研究将使用全长PIN1，其孤立域和已知的PIN1底物/抑制剂。公共卫生相关性本提案描述了模型系统的研究，以了解内在蛋白质动力学如何使生物网络保持细胞生存和生长。拟议的研究将为疾病的分子起源提供新的见解。

项目成果

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Modeling conformational ensembles of slow functional motions in Pin1-WW.

DOI：
10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001015
发表时间：
2010-12-02
期刊：
PLoS computational biology
影响因子：
4.3
作者：
Morcos F;Chatterjee S;McClendon CL;Brenner PR;López-Rendón R;Zintsmaster J;Ercsey-Ravasz M;Sweet CR;Jacobson MP;Peng JW;Izaguirre JA
通讯作者：
Izaguirre JA

Investigating Dynamic Interdomain Allostery in Pin1.