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The Plasma Membrane as a Competitive Inhibitor and Positive Allosteric Modulator of KRas4B Signaling

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Neale, Chris, García, Angel E.·2020·Biophysical Journal

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Mutant Ras proteins are important drivers of human cancers, yet no approved drugs act directly on this difficult target. Over the last decade, the idea has emerged that oncogenic signaling can be diminished by molecules that drive Ras into orientations in which effector-binding interfaces are occluded by the cell membrane. To support this approach to drug discovery, we characterize the orientational preferences of membrane-bound K-Ras4B in 1.45-ms aggregate time of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Individual simulations probe active or inactive states of Ras on membranes with or without anionic lipids. We find that the membrane orientation of Ras is relatively insensitive to its bound guanine nucleotide and activation state but depends strongly on interactions with anionic phosphatidylserine lipids. These lipids slow Ras' translational and orientational diffusion and promote a discrete population in which small changes in orientation control Ras' competence to bind multiple regulator and effector proteins. Our results suggest that compound-directed conversion of constitutively active mutant Ras into functionally inactive forms may be accessible via subtle perturbations of Ras' orientational preferences at the membrane surface.

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Authors
Neale, C., & García, A. E.
Affiliations
Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
Venue
Biophysical Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-03
Volume
118
Issue
5
Pages
1129-1141
ISSN
0006-3495 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3000950504
Cited by
56
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 13
FWCI
3.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biophysical Journal (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
Funders
US Department of Energy
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
Keywords
K-Ras4B, plasma membrane, oncogenic Ras, competitive inhibitors, positive allosteric modulators, guanine nucleotide binding
MeSH terms
Cell Membrane, Humans, Phosphatidylserines, Signal Transduction, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), ras Proteins, Molecular Dynamics Simulation

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