Vaezeslami Soheila, Jia Xiaofei, Vasileiou Chrysoula, Borhan Babak, Geiger James H
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Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2008 Dec;64(Pt 12):1228-39. doi: 10.1107/S0907444908032216. Epub 2008 Nov 18.
The structural integrity of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II (CRABPII) has been investigated using the crystal structures of CRABPII mutants. The overall fold was well maintained by these CRABPII mutants, each of which carried multiple different mutations. A water-mediated network is found to be present across the large binding cavity, extending from Arg111 deep inside the cavity to the alpha2 helix at its entrance. This chain of interactions acts as a ;pillar' that maintains the integrity of the protein. The disruption of the water network upon loss of Arg111 leads to decreased structural integrity of the protein. A water-mediated network can be re-established by introducing the hydrophilic Glu121 inside the cavity, which results in a rigid protein with the alpha2 helix adopting an altered conformation compared with wild-type CRABPII.
利用细胞视黄酸结合蛋白II(CRABPII)突变体的晶体结构,对其结构完整性进行了研究。这些CRABPII突变体均携带多个不同的突变,但整体折叠结构保持良好。发现一个由水介导的网络贯穿于大的结合腔,从腔内部深处的精氨酸111延伸至其入口处的α2螺旋。这条相互作用链起到了维持蛋白质完整性的“支柱”作用。精氨酸111缺失导致水网络破坏,进而使蛋白质的结构完整性降低。通过在腔内引入亲水性的谷氨酸121,可以重新建立水介导的网络,这会使蛋白质变得刚性,且α2螺旋与野生型CRABPII相比呈现出改变的构象。