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Jana Przezdziak1, Sandra Tremmel, Ines Kretzschmar
1Institut für Medizinische Immunologie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hessische Strasse 3-4, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The WW domains are known as the smallest naturally occurring, monomeric, triple-stranded, antiparallel beta-sheet domains. Hence, we chose the FBP28 WW domain as a model to investigate the stability of the beta-sheet structure at the amino acid level in the context of its function (ligand binding). The structure-function relationship was investigated through a complete substitution analysis of the FBP28 WW domain, with variants synthesized as a cellulose-bound peptide array. The functionality of the FBP28 WW domain variants was examined by probing the peptide array for ligand binding. In addition, selected FBP28 WW domain variants were investigated by CD measurements to determine the stability of the antiparallel beta-sheet structure. We discuss the correlation between structure stability and functionality for the FBP28 WW domain, as well as the effect of ligand-induced structure stabilization.
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