Structure, dynamics and folding of an Immunoglobulin Domain of the Gelation Factor (ABP-120) from Dictyostelium discoideum

Hsu, S.T.D. and Cabrita, L.D. and Fucini, P. and Dobson, C.M. and Christodoulou, John (2009) Structure, dynamics and folding of an Immunoglobulin Domain of the Gelation Factor (ABP-120) from Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Molecular Biology 388 (4), pp. 865-879. ISSN 0022-2836.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.063

Abstract

We have carried out a detailed structural and dynamical characterisation of the isolated fifth repeat of the gelation factor (ABP-120) from Dictyostelium discoideum (ddFLN5) by NMR spectroscopy to provide a basis for studies of co-translational folding on the ribosome of this immunoglobulin-like domain. The isolated ddFLN5 can fold autonomously in solution into a structure that resembles very closely the crystal structure of the domain in a construct in which the adjacent sixth repeat (ddFLN6) is covalently linked to its C-terminus in tandem but deviates locally from a second crystal structure in which ddFLN5 is flanked by ddFLN4 and ddFLN6 at both N- and C-termini. Conformational fluctuations were observed via 15N relaxation methods and are primarily localised in the interstrand loops that encompass the C-terminal hemisphere. These fluctuations are distinct in location from the region where line broadening is observed in ddFLN5 when attached to the ribosome as part of a nascent chain. This observation supports the conclusion that the broadening is associated with interactions with the ribosome surface [Hsu, S. T. D., Fucini, P., Cabrita, L. D., Launay, H., Dobson, C. M. & Christodoulou, J. (2007). Structure and dynamics of a ribosome-bound nascent chain by NMR spectroscopy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104, 16516–16521]. The unfolding of ddFLN5 induced by high concentrations of urea shows a low population of a folding intermediate, as inferred from an intensity-based analysis, a finding that differs from that of ddFLN5 as a ribosome-bound nascent chain. These results suggest that interesting differences in detail may exist between the structure of the domain in isolation and when linked to the ribosome and between protein folding in vitro and the folding of a nascent chain as it emerges from the ribosome.

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Item Type:	Article
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
Research Centres and Institutes:	Structural Molecular Biology, Institute of (ISMB)
Depositing User:	Administrator
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2010 14:09
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 16:49
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/1017

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