Exploring the trigger sequence of the GCN4 coiled-coil: biased molecular dynamics resolves apparent inconsistencies in NMR measurements.
Protein Sci. 2010 Dec;19(12):2462-74
Authors: Missimer JH, Dolenc J, Steinmetz MO, van Gunsteren WF
Trigger sequences are indispensable elements for coiled-coil formation. The monomeric helical trigger sequence of the yeast transcriptional activator GCN4 has been investigated recently using several solution NMR observables including nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) intensities and 3J(HN, HC?)-coupling constants, and a set of 20 model structures was proposed. Constrained to satisfy the NOE-derived distance bounds, the NMR model structures do not appear to reproduce all the measured 3J(HN-HC?)-coupling constant values, indicating that the ?-helical propensity is not uniform along the GCN4 trigger sequence. A recent methodological study of unrestrained and restrained molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the GCN4 trigger sequence in solution showed that only MD simulations incorporating time-averaged NOE distance restraints and instantaneous or local-elevation 3J-coupling restraints could satisfy the entire set of the experimental data. In this report, we assess by means of cluster analyses the model structures characteristic of the two simulations that are compatible with the measured data and compare them with the proposed 20 NMR model structures. Striking characteristics of the MD model structures are the variability of the simulated configurations and the indication of entropic stability mediated by the aromatic N-terminal residues 17Tyr and 18His, which are absent in the set of NMR model structures.
Sequence correction of random coil chemical shifts: correlation between neighbor correction factors and changes in the Ramachandran distribution
Sequence correction of random coil chemical shifts: correlation between neighbor correction factors and changes in the Ramachandran distribution
Abstract Random coil chemical shifts are necessary for secondary chemical shift analysis, which is the main NMR method for identification of secondary structure in proteins. One of the largest challenges in the determination of random coil chemical shifts is accounting for the effect of neighboring residues. The contributions from the neighboring residues are typically removed by using neighbor correction factors determined based on each...
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[NMR paper] Rapid and accurate structure determination of coiled-coil domains using NMR dipolar couplings: application to cGMP-dependent protein kinase Ialpha.
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Protein Sci. 2005 Sep;14(9):2421-8
Authors: Schnell JR, Zhou GP, Zweckstetter M, Rigby AC, Chou JJ
Coiled-coil motifs play essential roles in protein assembly and molecular recognition, and are therefore the targets of many ongoing...
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[NMR paper] NMR solution structure of a highly stable de novo heterodimeric coiled-coil.
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Biopolymers. 2004 Dec 5;75(5):367-75
Authors: Lindhout DA, Litowski JR, Mercier P, Hodges RS, Sykes BD
The NMR solution structure of a highly stable coiled-coil IAAL-E3/K3 has been solved. The E3/K3 coiled-coil is a 42-residue de novo designed coiled-coil comprising three heptad repeats per subunit, stabilized by hydrophobic contacts within the core and electrostatic...
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[NMR paper] Sequence-dependent correction of random coil NMR chemical shifts.
Sequence-dependent correction of random coil NMR chemical shifts.
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J Am Chem Soc. 2001 Apr 4;123(13):2970-8
Authors: Schwarzinger S, Kroon GJ, Foss TR, Chung J, Wright PE, Dyson HJ
Random coil chemical shifts are commonly used to detect secondary structure elements in proteins in chemical shift index calculations. While this technique is very reliable for folded proteins, application to unfolded proteins reveals significant deviations from measured random coil...
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[NMR paper] NMR structure of a parallel homotrimeric coiled coil.
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Nat Struct Biol. 1998 Aug;5(8):687-91
Authors: Dames SA, Kammerer RA, Wiltscheck R, Engel J, Alexandrescu AT
The solution structure of the oligomerization domain of cartilage matrix protein (also known as matrilin-1) has been determined by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. The domain folds into a parallel, disulfide-linked, three-stranded, alpha-helical coiled coil, spanning five heptad repeats in the amino acid sequence....
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[NMR paper] Helical and coiled-coil-forming properties of peptides derived from and inhibiting hu
Helical and coiled-coil-forming properties of peptides derived from and inhibiting human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase assessed by 1H-NMR--use of NH temperature coefficients to probe coiled-coil structures.
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Authors: Krebs D, Maroun RG, Sourgen F, Troalen F, Davoust D,...
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[NMR paper] Heteronuclear NMR assignments and secondary structure of the coiled coil trimerizatio
Heteronuclear NMR assignments and secondary structure of the coiled coil trimerization domain from cartilage matrix protein in oxidized and reduced forms.
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[NMR paper] A comparison of 15N NMR relaxation measurements with a molecular dynamics simulation:
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Proteins. 1993 Dec;17(4):375-90
Authors: Eriksson MA, Berglund H, Härd T, Nilsson L
The rapid motions of the backbone of the DNA-binding domain of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR DBD) have been investigated using...
Exploring the trigger sequence of the GCN4 coiled-coil: biased molecular dynamics resolves apparent inconsistencies in NMR measurements.
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