PMID:15049691

Citation	Gekko, K, Obu, N, Li, J and Lee, JC (2004) A linear correlation between the energetics of allosteric communication and protein flexibility in the Escherichia coli cyclic AMP receptor protein revealed by mutation-induced changes in compressibility and amide hydrogen-deuterium exchange. Biochemistry 43:3844-52
Abstract	Amino acid substitutions at distant sites in the Escherichia coli cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) have been shown to affect both the nature and magnitude of the energetics of cooperativity of cAMP binding, ranging from negative to positive. In addition, the binding to DNA is concomitantly affected. To correlate the effects of amino acid substitutions on the functional energetics and global structural properties in CRP, the partial specific volume (v(o)), the coefficient of adiabatic compressibility (beta(s)(o)), and the rate of amide proton exchange were determined for the wild-type and eight mutant CRPs (K52N, D53H, S62F, T127L, G141Q, L148R, H159L, and K52N/H159L) by using sound velocity, density measurements, and hydrogen-deuterium exchange as monitored by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy at 25 degrees C. These mutations induced large changes in v(o) (0.747-0.756 mL/g) and beta(s)(o) (6.89-9.68 Mbar(-1)) compared to the corresponding values for wild-type CRP (v(o)= 0.750 mL/g and beta(s)(o)= 7.98 Mbar(-1)). These changes in global structural properties correlated with the rate of amide proton exchange. A linear correlation was established between beta(s)(o) and the energetics of cooperativity of binding of cAMP to the high-affinity sites, regardless of the nature of cooperativity, be it negative or positive. This linear correlation indicates that the nature and magnitude of cooperativity are a continuum. A similar linear correlation was established between compressibility and DNA binding affinity. In addition, linear correlations were also found among the dynamics of CRP and functional energetics. Double mutation (K52N/H159L) at positions 52 and 159, whose alpha-carbons are separated by 34.6 A, showed nonadditive effects on v(o) and beta(s)(o). These results demonstrate that a small alteration in the local structure due to amino acid substitution is dramatically magnified in the overall protein dynamics which plays an important role in modulating the allosteric behavior of CRP.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1021/bi036271e
Keywords	Allosteric Regulation/genetics; Amides/chemistry; Binding Sites/genetics; Circular Dichroism/statistics & numerical data; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/chemistry; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; Deuterium Exchange Measurement/methods; Deuterium Exchange Measurement/statistics & numerical data; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Linear Models; Models, Chemical; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Solutions; Solvents/chemistry; Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet/statistics & numerical data; Structure-Activity Relationship; Thermodynamics
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