Characterization of Molecular Recognition Features, MoRFs, and Their Binding Partners
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- 9 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Proteome Research
- Vol. 6 (6) , 2351-2366
- https://doi.org/10.1021/pr0701411
Abstract
Molecular Recognition Features (MoRFs) are short, interaction-prone segments of protein disorder that undergo disorder-to-order transitions upon specific binding, representing a specific class of intrinsically disordered regions that exhibit molecular recognition and binding functions. MoRFs are common in various proteomes and occupy a unique structural and functional niche in which function is a direct consequence of intrinsic disorder. Example MoRFs collected from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) have been divided into three subtypes according to their structures in the bound state: α-MoRFs form α-helices, β-MoRFs form β-strands, and ι-MoRFs form structures without a regular pattern of backbone hydrogen bonds. These example MoRFs were indicated to be intrinsically disordered in the absence of their binding partners by several criteria. In this study, we used several geometric and physiochemical criteria to examine the properties of 62 α-, 20 β-, and 176 ι-MoRF complex structures. Interface residues were examined by calculating differences in accessible surface area between the complex and isolated monomers. The compositions and physiochemical properties of MoRF and MoRF partner interface residues were compared to the interface residues of homodimers, heterodimers, and antigen−antibody complexes. Our analysis indicates that there are significant differences in residue composition and several geometric and physicochemical properties that can be used to discriminate, with a high degree of accuracy, between various interfaces in protein interaction data sets. Implications of these findings for the development of MoRF−partner interaction predictors are discussed. In addition, structural changes upon MoRF-to-partner complex formation were examined for several illustrative examples. Keywords: intrinsic disorder • molecular recognition • signaling • protein−protein interaction • MoRFKeywords
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