2LCB

Solution Structure of a Minor and Transiently Formed State of a T4 Lysozyme Mutant


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 9600 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: Two Step Selection Criteria based on chemical shift score and Rosetta energy 

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Literature

Solution structure of a minor and transiently formed state of a T4 lysozyme mutant.

Bouvignies, G.Vallurupalli, P.Hansen, D.F.Correia, B.E.Lange, O.Bah, A.Vernon, R.M.Dahlquist, F.W.Baker, D.Kay, L.E.

(2011) Nature 477: 111-114

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10349
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2LC9, 2LCB

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Proteins are inherently plastic molecules, whose function often critically depends on excursions between different molecular conformations (conformers). However, a rigorous understanding of the relation between a protein's structure, dynamics and function remains elusive. This is because many of the conformers on its energy landscape are only transiently formed and marginally populated (less than a few per cent of the total number of molecules), so that they cannot be individually characterized by most biophysical tools. Here we study a lysozyme mutant from phage T4 that binds hydrophobic molecules and populates an excited state transiently (about 1 ms) to about 3% at 25 °C (ref. 5). We show that such binding occurs only via the ground state, and present the atomic-level model of the 'invisible', excited state obtained using a combined strategy of relaxation-dispersion NMR (ref. 6) and CS-Rosetta model building that rationalizes this observation. The model was tested using structure-based design calculations identifying point mutants predicted to stabilize the excited state relative to the ground state. In this way a pair of mutations were introduced, inverting the relative populations of the ground and excited states and altering function. Our results suggest a mechanism for the evolution of a protein's function by changing the delicate balance between the states on its energy landscape. More generally, they show that our approach can generate and validate models of excited protein states.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Lysozyme164Tequatrovirus T4Mutation(s): 3 
Gene Names: E
EC: 3.2.1.17
UniProt
Find proteins for P00720 (Enterobacteria phage T4)
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 9600 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: Two Step Selection Criteria based on chemical shift score and Rosetta energy 

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-08-17
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-09-07
    Changes: Database references