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Double Mutant Cycles as a Tool to Address Folding, Binding, and Allostery.

ABSTRACT: Quantitative measurement of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions in protein structure is an elusive task, not easy to address experimentally. The phenomenon denoted 'energetic coupling' describes short- and long-range interactions between two residues in a protein system. A powerful method to identify and quantitatively characterize long-range interactions and allosteric networks in proteins or protein-ligand complexes is called double-mutant cycles analysis. In this review we describe the thermodynamic principles and basic equations that underlie the double mutant cycle methodology, its fields of application and latest employments, and caveats and pitfalls that the experimentalists must consider. In particular, we show how double mutant cycles can be a powerful tool to investigate allosteric mechanisms in protein binding reactions as well as elusive states in protein folding pathways.

SUBMITTER: Pagano L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830974 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Double Mutant Cycles as a Tool to Address Folding, Binding, and Allostery.

Pagano Livia L Toto Angelo A Malagrinò Francesca F Visconti Lorenzo L Jemth Per P Gianni Stefano S

International journal of molecular sciences 20210115 2

Quantitative measurement of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions in protein structure is an elusive task, not easy to address experimentally. The phenomenon denoted 'energetic coupling' describes short- and long-range interactions between two residues in a protein system. A powerful method to identify and quantitatively characterize long-range interactions and allosteric networks in proteins or protein-ligand complexes is called double-mutant cycles analysis. In this review we describe ...[more]

PMID: 33467625

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