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Theory for protein mutability and biogenesis.

K F Lau1, K A Dill

  • 1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|January 1, 1990
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Protein mutations often have neutral effects on native structure and stability. This study suggests a significant probability for random amino acid sequences to form compact, globular proteins.

Area of Science:

  • Computational biology
  • Biophysics
  • Protein folding dynamics

Background:

  • Understanding protein folding is crucial for deciphering biological functions and evolution.
  • The relationship between amino acid sequence, protein structure, and stability remains a key area of research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of mutations on protein native structures and stabilities using a physical model.
  • To determine the probability of random amino acid sequences forming compact, globular proteins.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an elementary physical model of self-avoiding short copolymer chains on 2D square lattices.
  • Exhaustively searched conformational space for numerous sequences to identify native conformations with global minimum free energy.

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Main Results:

  • Nonpolar to polar residue mutations in the protein core are generally destabilizing.
  • Surface site mutations have less impact than core site mutations; some mutations increase native state degeneracy.
  • Most mutations are neutral, not affecting native structure or stability, supporting a 'Continuity Principle'.

Conclusions:

  • Small sequence changes typically result in minor alterations to protein structure and stability.
  • A large number of "convergent" sequences can code for the same native structure.
  • The probability of random sequences forming globular proteins is significantly greater than zero.