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Structure-based prediction of the stability of transmembrane helix-helix interactions: the sequence dependence of glycophorin A dimerization.


ABSTRACT: The ability to predict the effects of point mutations on the interaction of alpha-helices within membranes would represent a significant step toward understanding the folding and stability of membrane proteins. We use structure-based empirical parameters representing steric clashes, favorable van der Waals interactions, and restrictions of side-chain rotamer freedom to explain the relative dimerization propensities of 105 hydrophobic single-point mutants of the glycophorin A (GpA) transmembrane domain. Although the structure at the dimer interface is critical to our model, changes in side-chain hydrophobicity are uncorrelated with dimer stability, indicating that the hydrophobic effect does not influence transmembrane helix-helix association. Our model provides insights into the compensatory effects of multiple mutations and shows that helix-helix interactions dominate the formation of specific structures.

SUBMITTER: MacKenzie KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC19879 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structure-based prediction of the stability of transmembrane helix-helix interactions: the sequence dependence of glycophorin A dimerization.

MacKenzie K R KR   Engelman D M DM  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19980301 7


The ability to predict the effects of point mutations on the interaction of alpha-helices within membranes would represent a significant step toward understanding the folding and stability of membrane proteins. We use structure-based empirical parameters representing steric clashes, favorable van der Waals interactions, and restrictions of side-chain rotamer freedom to explain the relative dimerization propensities of 105 hydrophobic single-point mutants of the glycophorin A (GpA) transmembrane  ...[more]

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