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Hallucination of closed repeat proteins containing central pockets

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In pseudocyclic proteins such as TIM barrels, β barrels, and some helical transmembrane channels, a single subunit is repeated in a cyclic pattern, giving rise to a central cavity which can serve as a pocket for ligand binding or enzymatic activity. Inspired by these proteins, we devised a deep learning-based approach to broadly exploring the space of closed repeat proteins starting from only a specification of the repeat number and length. Biophysical data for 38 structurally diverse pseudocyclic designs produced in E. coli are consistent with the design models, and two crystal structures we were able to obtain are very close to the designed structures. Docking studies suggest the diversity of folds and central pockets provide effective starting points for designing small molecule binders or enzymes.

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Metadata

Authors
An, L., Hicks, D. R., Zorine, D., Dauparas, J., Wicky, B. I. M., Milles, L. F., Courbet, A., Bera, A. K., Nguyen, H., Kang, A., Carter, L., & Baker, D.
Affiliations
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
An, Linna
Venue
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2022-09-02
Volume
30
Issue
11
Pages
1755-1760
ISSN
1545-9985 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4387130982
Cited by
15
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3
FWCI
1.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐ AC02‐06CH11357, -AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05-CH11231, S10OD018483, AC02‐06CH11357, 05CH11231, P30 GM124169, No. DE-AC02-05-CH11231, P30 GM124165, DE AC02 05CH11231, 06CH11357, GM124169, DE-AC02-)
  • Washington Research Foundation (DE-AC02-06CH11357)
  • Open Philanthropy Project
  • National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (DE–AC02–05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • National Institutes of Health (1s10od018483-01, DE-AC02–05CH11231, DE-AC02–06CH11357, GM124165, GM124169)
  • Office of Science (P30 GM124165, No. DE-AC02- 05-CH11231, P30 GM124169, AC02‐06CH11357, DEAC02–05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, 05CH11231, 06CH11357, Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-06CH11357)
  • National Institute on Aging (U19AG065156)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-06CH11357, GM124169, GM124165, S10OD018483, P30GM124169, P30GM124165)
  • Basic Energy Sciences (S10OD018483, DE-AC02, 05CH11231, DE-AC02-05CH11231., DE-AC- 02-06CH11357, AC02‐06CH11357, AC02–05CH11231, 06CH11357)
  • Biological and Environmental Research (05CH11231, DE-AC02 − 05CH11231, P30 GM124169, DEAC0206CH11357, S10OD018483, P30 GM124165, AC02-05CH11231)
  • Argonne National Laboratory (DE- AC02-06-CH11357, DE-AC02, AC02–06CH11357, DE-AC02-05CH11231, 06CH11357, P30 GM124165)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (AC02‐05CH11231, DE-AC02-05CH11231, S10OD018483, DE-AC02-06CH11357, 05CH11231)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Structural Biology › Enzyme Structure and Function
Keywords
protein design, deep learning, TIM barrel, beta-barrel, central cavity, binding pocket, small-molecule binders, enzyme design, Escherichia coli, protein folding
MeSH terms
Hallucinations, Humans, Proteins

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