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Structural design principles for specific ultra-high affinity interactions between colicins/pyocins and immunity proteins.


ABSTRACT: The interactions of the antibiotic proteins colicins/pyocins with immunity proteins is a seminal model system for studying protein-protein interactions and specificity. Yet, a precise and quantitative determination of which structural elements and residues determine their binding affinity and specificity is still lacking. Here, we used comparative structure-based energy calculations to map residues that substantially contribute to interactions across native and engineered complexes of colicins/pyocins and immunity proteins. We show that the immunity protein ?1-?2 motif is a unique structurally-dissimilar element that restricts interaction specificity towards all colicins/pyocins, in both engineered and native complexes. This motif combines with a diverse and extensive array of electrostatic/polar interactions that enable the exquisite specificity that characterizes these interactions while achieving ultra-high affinity. Surprisingly, the divergence of these contributing colicin residues is reciprocal to residue conservation in immunity proteins. The structurally-dissimilar immunity protein ?1-?2 motif is recognized by divergent colicins similarly, while the conserved immunity protein ?3 helix interacts with diverse colicin residues. Electrostatics thus plays a key role in setting interaction specificity across all colicins and immunity proteins. Our analysis and resulting residue-level maps illuminate the molecular basis for these protein-protein interactions, with implications for drug development and rational engineering of these interfaces.

SUBMITTER: Shushan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7884437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural design principles for specific ultra-high affinity interactions between colicins/pyocins and immunity proteins.

Shushan Avital A   Kosloff Mickey M  

Scientific reports 20210215 1


The interactions of the antibiotic proteins colicins/pyocins with immunity proteins is a seminal model system for studying protein-protein interactions and specificity. Yet, a precise and quantitative determination of which structural elements and residues determine their binding affinity and specificity is still lacking. Here, we used comparative structure-based energy calculations to map residues that substantially contribute to interactions across native and engineered complexes of colicins/p  ...[more]

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