Cotranslational protein assembly imposes evolutionary constraints on homomeric proteins
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Cotranslational protein folding can facilitate rapid formation of functional structures. However, it can also cause premature assembly of protein complexes, if two interacting nascent chains are in close proximity. By analyzing known protein structures, we show that homomeric protein contacts are enriched toward the C termini of polypeptide chains across diverse proteomes. We hypothesize that this is the result of evolutionary constraints for folding to occur before assembly. Using high-throughput imaging of protein homomers in Escherichia coli and engineered protein constructs with N- and C-terminal oligomerization domains, we show that, indeed, proteins with C-terminal homomeric interface residues consistently assemble more efficiently than those with N-terminal interface residues. Using in vivo, in vitro and in silico experiments, we identify features that govern successful assembly of homomers, which have implications for protein design and expression optimization.
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- Authors
- Natan, E., Endoh, T., Haim-Vilmovsky, L., Flock, T., Chalancon, G., Hopper, J. T. S., Kintses, B., Horvath, P., Daruka, L., Fekete, G., Pál, C., Papp, B., Oszi, E., Magyar, Z., Marsh, J. A., Elcock, A. H., Babu, M. M., Robinson, C. V., Sugimoto, N., & Teichmann, S. A.
- Affiliations
- Konan University (JP)
- European Bioinformatics Institute (GB)
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (GB)
- HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont (HU)
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer (GB)
- University of Iowa (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Natan, Eviatar
- Teichmann, Sarah A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Published
- 2018-02-12
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 279-288
- ISSN
- 1545-9985 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-9993
- PMC
- PMC5995306
- OpenAlex
- W2950985429
- Cited by
- 56
- References
- 77
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (acceptedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (084314)
- Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Tekes
- Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
- Medical Research Council (MR/M02122X/1, MC_U105185859, MR/N020413/1)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H06351)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U54GM105816, R01GM099865)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
- Keywords
- co-translational folding, protein assembly, evolutionary constraints, protein complex formation, nascent chain, oligomerization domain, protein design, Escherichia coli
- MeSH terms
- Protein Domains, Models, Molecular, Ribosomes, RNA, Messenger, Solubility, Protein Biosynthesis, Protein Engineering, Protein Folding, Molecular Chaperones, Evolution, Molecular, Protein Subunits, Multiprotein Complexes, Protein Multimerization
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