Detection of changes in pairwise interactions during allosteric transitions: Coupling between local and global conformational changes in GroEL
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- 4 March 1997
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 94 (5) , 1698-1702
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.5.1698
Abstract
A protein engineering approach for detecting and measuring local conformational changes that accompany allosteric transitions in proteins is described. Using this approach, we can identify interactions that are made or broken during allosteric transitions. The method is applied to probe for changes in pairwise interactions in the chaperonin GroEL during its ATP-induced allosteric transitions. Two pairwise interactions are investigated: one between subunits (Asp-41 with Thr-522) and the other within subunits (Glu-409 with Arg-501). We find that the intraring intersubunit interaction between Asp-41 and Thr-522 changes little during the allosteric transitions of GroEL, indicating that the hydrogen bond between these residues is maintained. In contrast, the intrasubunit salt bridge between Glu-409 and Arg-501 becomes significantly weaker during the ATP-induced allosteric transitions of GroEL. Our results are consistent with the electron microscopy observations of an ATP-induced hinge movement of the apical domains relative to the equatorial domains.Keywords
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