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  • Biochemistry
  • Protein Engineering
  • Synthetic Biology

Background:

  • Protein backbone modification can create artificial scaffolds with enhanced biostability.
  • Incorporating altered monomers is usually restricted to solvent-exposed sites to prevent folding disruption.
  • Buried site modifications are desirable for specific applications but pose design challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of artificial monomer incorporation within the hydrophobic core of protein-like structures.
  • To assess the effects on tertiary folded structure and overall fold stability.
  • To compare modifications at core, core-flanking, and solvent-exposed positions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to analyze structural changes.
  • Employed biophysical methods to evaluate folding energetics and stability.
  • Introduced different artificial monomer types at various positions within a three-helix protein scaffold.

Main Results:

  • Artificial residues were well-accommodated within the hydrophobic core of the tertiary fold.
  • Modifications in the hydrophobic core had only modestly larger effects on stability compared to solvent-exposed sites.
  • The folding behavior and energetics were assessed for core, core-flanking, and solvent-exposed modifications.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial residues can be successfully integrated into the hydrophobic core of protein-like structures without significant folding disruption.
  • This work provides new insights into the folding behavior of artificial protein chains.
  • Strategies for designing protein-like molecules with enhanced biostability and tailored properties are advanced.