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Investigating protein dynamics in crystalline GB1 and GB1-antibody complexes reveals conserved fast motions but increased slow motions in the complex. This suggests GB1 may exhibit anisotropic motion at the interaction interface.

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NMR spectroscopy magic-angle spinning protein dynamics protein-antibody complexes protein-protein interactions

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Area of Science:

Biophysics
Structural Biology
Protein Dynamics

Background:

Understanding protein dynamics is essential for elucidating biophysical processes.
Protein GB1 dynamics were studied in two distinct environments: crystalline form and a precipitated antibody complex.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and compare the backbone dynamics of protein GB1 in crystalline and complexed states.
To characterize protein dynamics across a wide timescale range using sensitive measurements.

Main Methods:

Site-specific (15)N relaxation rate measurements.
Relaxation dispersion experiments were utilized.
Analysis spanned dynamics from picoseconds to microseconds.

Main Results:

Fast picosecond-nanosecond motions of GB1 were largely conserved between the crystalline and complexed states.
Slow motions (>500 ns) were significantly more prevalent in the GB1-antibody complex.
The study detected dynamics in samples with as little as 8 nanomoles of GB1.

Conclusions:

Protein GB1 exhibits conserved fast dynamics but altered slow dynamics upon complex formation with an antibody.
The findings suggest potential for small-amplitude anisotropic motion of GB1 within the complex.
These dynamics may be crucial for sampling the interaction interface.