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Area of Science:

  • Protein Engineering
  • Molecular Evolution
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Protein sequences evolve under selection for fitness, which is linked to both structure and function.
  • The WW domain is a small protein interaction module whose evolutionary constraints can be analyzed using statistical methods.
  • Previous work proposed a model for evolutionary constraint on WW domains using statistical coupling analysis (SCA).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate that artificial WW sequences engineered using SCA can recapitulate natural-like function.
  • To show that the information extracted by SCA is sufficient to engineer protein fold and function at atomic resolution.
  • To investigate the role of distributed residue networks in mediating functional specificity.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of artificial protein sequences guided solely by SCA predictions from multiple sequence alignments.
  • Experimental characterization of the folding and function of engineered artificial WW domain sequences.
  • Assessment of class-specific peptide recognition capabilities of designed sequences.

Main Results:

  • Artificial WW sequences generated by SCA successfully folded into stable tertiary structures.
  • These engineered sequences exhibited class-specific recognition of proline-containing target peptides, similar to natural WW domains.
  • Functional specificity was mediated by a distributed network of residues, consistent with SCA predictions.

Conclusions:

  • The information derived from SCA is sufficient to engineer both the structure and function of WW domains.
  • Designed protein sequences can replicate natural-like functions, highlighting the power of sequence-based design.
  • A small amount of sequence information can specify the global energetics of amino acid interactions, dictating protein behavior.