Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.
Adv Protein Chem Struct Biol. 2024;138:179-210. doi: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2023.11.001. Epub 2023 Nov 22.
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), which are functional proteins without stable tertiary structure, and hybrid proteins containing ordered domains and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) constitute prominent parts of all proteomes collectively known as unfoldomes. IDPs/IDRs exist as highly dynamic structural ensembles of rapidly interconverting conformations and are characterized by the exceptional structural heterogeneity, where their different parts are (dis)ordered to different degree, and their overall structure represents a complex mosaic of foldons, inducible foldons, inducible morphing foldons, non-foldons, semifoldons, and even unfoldons. Despite their lack of unique 3D structures, IDPs/IDRs play crucial roles in the control of various biological processes and the regulation of different cellular pathways and are commonly involved in recognition and signaling, indicating that the disorder-based functional repertoire is complementary to the functions of ordered proteins. Furthermore, IDPs/IDRs are frequently multifunctional, and this multifunctionality is defined by their structural flexibility and heterogeneity. Intrinsic disorder phenomenon is at the roots of the structure-function continuum model, where the structure continuum is defined by the presence of differently (dis)ordered regions, and the function continuum arises from the ability of all these differently (dis)ordered parts to have different functions. In their everyday life, IDPs/IDRs utilize a broad spectrum of interaction mechanisms thereby acting as interaction specialists. They are crucial for the biogenesis of numerous proteinaceous membrane-less organelles driven by the liquid-liquid phase separation. This review introduces functional unfoldomics by representing some aspects of the intrinsic disorder-based functionality.
无规卷曲蛋白质(IDPs)是没有稳定三级结构的功能性蛋白质,而含有有序结构域和无规卷曲区域(IDRs)的杂合蛋白则构成了所有蛋白质组的重要组成部分,统称为无规卷曲组。IDPs/IDRs 作为快速相互转化构象的高度动态结构集合体存在,其特点是结构异质性异常,其中不同部分的有序程度不同,其整体结构代表了折叠子、诱导折叠子、诱导变形折叠子、非折叠子、半折叠子,甚至无折叠子的复杂镶嵌体。尽管它们缺乏独特的 3D 结构,但 IDPs/IDRs 在控制各种生物过程和调节不同细胞途径方面发挥着关键作用,通常涉及识别和信号转导,这表明基于无序的功能库与有序蛋白质的功能互补。此外,IDPs/IDRs 通常具有多功能性,这种多功能性由其结构灵活性和异质性定义。固有无序现象是结构-功能连续体模型的根源,其中结构连续体由不同(无序)区域的存在定义,而功能连续体则源于所有这些不同(无序)部分具有不同功能的能力。在日常生活中,IDPs/IDRs 利用广泛的相互作用机制,从而充当相互作用专家。它们对于由液-液相分离驱动的众多蛋白质无膜细胞器的生物发生至关重要。这篇综述通过介绍基于固有无序的功能的一些方面来介绍功能无规卷曲组学。
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