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Khan T, Das N, Negi KS, Bhowmik S, Sen P. Understanding the intricacy of protein in hydrated deep eutectic solvent: Solvation dynamics, conformational fluctuation dynamics, and stability. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127100. [PMID: 37778586 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
Abstract
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are potential biocatalytic media due to their easy preparation, fine-tuneability, biocompatibility, and most importantly, due to their ability to keep protein stable and active. However, there are many unanswered questions and gaps in our knowledge about how proteins behave in these alternate media. Herein, we investigated solvation dynamics, conformational fluctuation dynamics, and stability of human serum albumin (HSA) in 0.5 Acetamide/0.3 Urea/0.2 Sorbitol (0.5Ac/0.3Ur/0.2Sor) DES of varying concentrations to understand the intricacy of protein behaviour in DES. Our result revealed a gradual decrease in the side-chain flexibility and thermal stability of HSA beyond 30 % DES. On the other hand, the associated water dynamics around domain-I of HSA decelerate only marginally with increasing DES content, although viscosity rises considerably. We propose that even though macroscopic solvent properties are altered, a protein feels only an aqueous type of environment in the presence of DES. This is probably the first experimental study to delineate the role of the associated water structure of the enzyme for maintaining its stability inside DES. Although considerable effort is necessary to generalize such claims, it might serve as the basis for understanding why proteins remain stable and active in DES.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tanmoy Khan
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, UP, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016, UP, India.
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Smyth S, Zhang Z, Bah A, Tsangaris TE, Dawson J, Forman-Kay JD, Gradinaru CC. Multisite phosphorylation and binding alter conformational dynamics of the 4E-BP2 protein. Biophys J 2022; 121:3049-3060. [PMID: 35841142 PMCID: PMC9463650 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play critical roles in regulatory protein interactions, but detailed structural/dynamic characterization of their ensembles remain challenging, both in isolation and when they form dynamic "fuzzy" complexes. Such is the case for mRNA cap-dependent translation initiation, which is regulated by the interaction of the predominantly folded eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) with the intrinsically disordered eIF4E binding proteins (4E-BPs) in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer showed that the conformational changes of 4E-BP2 induced by binding to eIF4E are non-uniform along the sequence; while a central region containing both motifs that bind to eIF4E expands and becomes stiffer, the C-terminal region is less affected. Fluorescence anisotropy decay revealed a non-uniform segmental flexibility around six different labeling sites along the chain. Dynamic quenching of these fluorescent probes by intrinsic aromatic residues measured via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy report on transient intra- and inter-molecular contacts on nanosecond-to-microsecond timescales. Upon hyperphosphorylation, which induces folding of ∼40 residues in 4E-BP2, the quenching rates decreased at most labeling sites. The chain dynamics around sites in the C-terminal region far away from the two binding motifs significantly increased upon binding to eIF4E, suggesting that this region is also involved in the highly dynamic 4E-BP2:eIF4E complex. Our time-resolved fluorescence data paint a sequence-level rigidity map of three states of 4E-BP2 differing in phosphorylation or binding status and distinguish regions that form contacts with eIF4E. This study adds complementary structural and dynamics information to recent studies of 4E-BP2, and it constitutes an important step toward a mechanistic understanding of this important IDP via integrative modeling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Spencer Smyth
- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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