Structural Basis of Affinity Maturation and Intramolecular Cooperativity in a Protein-Protein Interaction

Autor: Roy A. Mariuzza, Jianying Yang, Eric J. Sundberg, Melissa C. Kerzic, Rongjin Guan, Michele C. Kieke, Chittoor P. Swaminathan, David M. Kranz, Sangwoo Cho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Popis: SummaryAlthough protein-protein interactions are involved in nearly all cellular processes, general rules for describing affinity and selectivity in protein-protein complexes are lacking, primarily because correlations between changes in protein structure and binding energetics have not been well determined. Here, we establish the structural basis of affinity maturation for a protein-protein interaction system that we had previously characterized energetically. This model system exhibits a 1500-fold affinity increase. Also, its affinity maturation is restricted by negative intramolecular cooperativity. With three complex and six unliganded variant X-ray crystal structures, we provide molecular snapshots of protein interface remodeling events that span the breadth of the affinity maturation process and present a comprehensive structural view of affinity maturation. Correlating crystallographically observed structural changes with measured energetic changes reveals molecular bases for affinity maturation, intramolecular cooperativity, and context-dependent binding.
Databáze: OpenAIRE