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Intrinsic dynamics of enzymes in the unbound state and relation to allosteric regulation

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Bahar, Ivet, Chennubhotla, Chakra, Tobi, Dror·2007·Current Opinion in Structural Biology

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In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of studies exploring the relationship between proteins' equilibrium dynamics and structural changes involved in function. An emerging concept, supported by both theory and experiments, is that under native state conditions proteins have an intrinsic ability to sample conformations that meet functional requirements. A typical example is the ability of enzymes to sample open and closed forms, irrespective of substrate, succeeded by the stabilization of one form (usually closed) upon substrate binding. This ability is structure-encoded, and plays a key role in facilitating allosteric regulation, which suggests complementing the sequence-encodes-structure paradigm of protein science by structure-encodes-dynamics-encodes-function. The emerging connection implies an evolutionary role in selecting/conserving structures based on their ability to achieve functional dynamics, and in turn, selecting sequences that fold into such 'apt' structures.

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  • Elastic network models have demonstrated the significance of soft collective modes of motion in enabling allosteric regulation of protein systems.

    “Bahar and coworkers reviewed approaches based on elastic network models (ENMs), which have demonstrated the significance of soft collective modes of motion in enabling allosteric regulation of protein systems (Bahar et al., 2007, 2017).”

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Authors
Bahar, I., Chennubhotla, C., & Tobi, D.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-12
Volume
17
Issue
6
Pages
633-640
ISSN
0959-440X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1991764480
Cited by
306
References
64
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Current Opinion in Structural Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r33gm068400-03)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (#R33 GM068400)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Keywords
enzyme dynamics, unbound states, allosteric regulation, conformational sampling, substrate binding, protein conformational dynamics, protein evolution, sequence-structure-function relationships
MeSH terms
Allosteric Regulation, Enzymes, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation

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