Structural changes in DNA-binding proteins on complexation

Sayan Poddar

doi:10.1093/nar/gky170

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Structural changes in DNA-binding proteins on complexation

2018-03-09

Sayan Poddar

Devlina Chakravarty

Pinak Chakrabarti *

DOI：10.1093/nar/gky170

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Characterization and prediction of the DNA-biding regions in proteins are essential for our understanding of how proteins recognize/bind DNA. We analyze the unbound (U) and the bound (B) forms of proteins from the protein-DNA docking benchmark that contains 66 binary protein-DNA complexes along with their unbound counterparts. Proteins binding DNA undergo greater structural changes on complexation (in particular, those in the enzyme category) than those involved in protein-protein interactions (PPI). While interface atoms involved in PPI exhibit an increase in their solvent-accessible surface area (ASA) in the bound form in the majority of the cases compared to the unbound interface, protein-DNA interactions indicate increase and decrease in equal measure. In 25% structures, the U form has missing residues which are located in the interface in the B form. The missing atoms contribute more toward the buried surface area compared to other interface atoms. Lys, Gly and Arg are prominent in disordered segments that get ordered in the interface on complexation. In going from U to B, there may be an increase in coil and helical content at the expense of turns and strands. Consideration of flexibility cannot distinguish the interface residues from the surface residues in the U form.

Keywords:

INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS

RESTRICTION-ENDONUCLEASE BAMHI

CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE

GLUCOCORTICOID-RECEPTOR

HINP1I ENDONUCLEASE

RECOGNITION SITES

MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY

LARGE FRAGMENT

POLYMERASE-I

SPECIFICITY

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