POKORNÁ, Pavlína, Miroslav KREPL and Jiří ŠPONER. Residues flanking the ARK^me3T/S motif allow binding of diverse targets to the HP1 chromodomain: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., 2021, vol. 1865, No 1, p. 1-12. ISSN 0304-4165. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129771.
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Original name Residues flanking the ARK^me3T/S motif allow binding of diverse targets to the HP1 chromodomain: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
Authors POKORNÁ, Pavlína (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Miroslav KREPL (203 Czech Republic) and Jiří ŠPONER (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects, Amsterdam, Elsevier B.V. 2021, 0304-4165.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.117
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118823
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129771
UT WoS 000594131800032
Keywords in English MD simulations; HP1; Chromodomain; Peptide recognition; Protein-protein interaction
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Abstract
Background: The chromodomain (CD) of HP1 proteins is an established H3K9(me3) reader that also binds H1, EHMT2 and H3K23 lysine-methylated targets. Structural experiments have provided atomistic pictures of its recognition of the conserved ARK(me3)S/T motif, but structural dynamics' contribution to the recognition may have been masked by ensemble averaging. Methods: We acquired similar to 350 mu s of explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the CD domain interacting with several peptides using the latest AMBER force fields. Results: The simulations reproduced the experimentally observed static binding patterns well but also revealed visible structural dynamics at the interfaces. While the buried K-0(me3) and A(-2) target residues are tightly bound, several flanking sidechains sample diverse sites on the CD surface. Different amino acid positions of the targets can substitute for each other by forming mutually replaceable interactions with CD, thereby explaining the lack of strict requirement for cationic H3 target residues at the -3 position. The Q(-4) residue of H3 targets further stabilizes the binding. The recognition pattern of the H3K23 ATK(me3)A motif, for which no structure is available, is predicted. Conclusions: The CD reads a longer target segment than previously thought, ranging from positions -7 to +3. The CD anionic clamp can be neutralized not only by the -3 and -1 residues, but also by -7, -6, -5 and +3 residues. General Significance: Structural dynamics, not immediately apparent from the structural data, contribute to molecular recognition between the HP1 CD domain and its targets. Mutual replaceability of target residues increases target sequence flexibility.
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GA18-07384S, research and development projectName: Od konformace po biologické funkce proteinu HP1
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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