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Mechanism and evolution of protein dimerization

D Xu1, C J Tsai, R Nussinov

  • 1Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, IRSP, SAIC Frederick, NCI-FCRDC, Maryland 21702-1201, USA.

Protein Science : a Publication of the Protein Society
|April 16, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Protein dimerization can evolve through multiple pathways, including direct formation, monomer intermediates, or domain swapping. Analyzing structural compactness reveals distinct evolutionary routes for protein dimers.

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Area of Science:

  • Structural Biology
  • Protein Evolution
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Protein dimerization is crucial for biological function.
  • Understanding the evolutionary pathways of protein dimers is essential.
  • Existing models propose several mechanisms for dimer evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mechanism and evolutionary pathway of protein dimerization.
  • To analyze the structure-kinetics-evolution relationship in symmetric homodimers.
  • To propose multiple evolutionary pathways for dimer formation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of experimental structures of dimers.
  • Classification of homodimers into domain swapping, 2-state, and 3-state groups.
  • Calculation of compactness profiles by dividing dimers into structural units.

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Main Results:

  • Compactness profiles distinguish domain swapping dimers and predict domain swapping.
  • Kinetics of dimerization reveals some domain swapping dimers follow 2-state kinetics.
  • Compactness profiles reflect a spectrum of dimerization kinetics, correlating with evolutionary pathways.

Conclusions:

  • Multiple evolutionary pathways exist for protein dimer formation.
  • The kinetic pathway of dimerization reflects its evolutionary pathway.
  • The proposed mechanisms are applicable to other oligomers.