将蛋白质结合剂扩散到内在无序的蛋白质上
Caixuan Liu1,2, Kejia Wu3,4,5, Hojun Choi1,2
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Nature
|July 31, 2025
概括
研究人员使用射频扩散开发了一种新方法,用于生成内在无序蛋白质 (IDP) 和区域 (IDR) 的高亲和蛋白质结合剂. 这些结合剂具有治疗潜力,在细胞和疾病模型中成功向IDP和IDR.
科学领域:
- 结构生物学
- 蛋白质工程
- 生物技术
背景情况:
- 本质上无序的蛋白质 (IDPs) 和区域 (IDRs) 缺乏稳定的结构,这对治疗和诊断应用构成挑战.
- 开发针对这些灵活目标的特定和高亲和度结合剂至关重要,但缺乏通用方法.
研究的目的:
- 为设计针对内在无序蛋白质 (IDPs) 和内在无序区域 (IDRs) 的蛋白质结合剂建立一个一般的计算方法.
- 证明生成的结合剂对特定的IDP和IDR的治疗和诊断潜力.
主要方法:
- 利用电波扩散,一种计算式蛋白质设计方法,通过自由取样目标和结合蛋白质构造来产生结合物.
- 具有特定目标结构的IDP (氨酸,C,VP48,BRCA1_ARATH) 和IDR (G3BP1,IL-2RG,蛋白) 的生成结合剂.
- 通过体外解离常数 (Kd) 测量和细胞内光成像验证了结合剂的有效性.
主要成果:
- 成功生成各种IDP和IDR的高亲和结合剂 (Kd: 3100 nM),针对不同的构造.
- 已证明生成的结合剂与各自的点结合.
- 展示的功能应用:G3BP1结合剂破坏了压力颗粒,氨酸结合剂抑制了粉样蛋白的形成和增强检测.
结论:
- 基于RF扩散的方法为设计灵活的IDP和IDR提供了通用方法.
- 产生的结合剂在细胞环境中表现出高亲和力,特异性和功能活性.
- 这种方法对开发新型治疗和诊断涉及IDP/IDR的疾病具有显著的前景.
相关概念视频
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
18.2K
Intrinsically disordered proteins are a group of proteins that do not fold into specific three-dimensional structures. Their structural flexibility allows them to complement ordered proteins to perform functions that are inaccessible to rigid structures. They are more common in eukaryotes than prokaryotes and may either be exclusively intrinsically disordered or hybrid proteins, consisting of a mix of ordered and disordered regions. The absence of a rigid structure in these proteins can be...
18.2K
Protein Diffusion in the Membrane
4.6K
Proteins show rotational as well as lateral diffusion across the membrane. The lateral diffusion of proteins was confirmed through the cell fusion experiment where mouse and human cells were fused, resulting in hybrid cells. When the human and mouse cells fused, the specific membrane proteins on human and mouse cells were marked with the red and green-fluorescent markers, respectively. Initially, the red and green fluorescence was located on the respective hemisphere of the cell. As time...
4.6K
Molecular Chaperones and Protein Folding
18.5K
The native conformation of a protein is formed by interactions between the side chains of its constituent amino acids. When the amino acids cannot form these interactions, the protein cannot fold by itself and needs chaperones. Notably, chaperones do not relay any additional information required for the folding of polypeptides; the native conformation of a protein is determined solely by its amino acid sequence. Chaperones catalyze protein folding without being a part of the folded protein.
The...
The...
18.5K
Protein Folding
8.7K
Proteins are chains of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Upon synthesis, a protein folds into a three-dimensional conformation, critical to its biological function. Interactions between its constituent amino acids guide protein folding, and hence the protein structure is primarily dependent on its amino acid sequence.
Protein Structure Is Critical to Its Biological Function
Proteins perform a wide range of biological functions such as catalyzing chemical reactions, providing...
Protein Structure Is Critical to Its Biological Function
Proteins perform a wide range of biological functions such as catalyzing chemical reactions, providing...
8.7K
Protein-protein Interfaces
13.3K
Many proteins form complexes to carry out their functions, making protein-protein interactions (PPIs) essential for an organism's survival. Most PPIs are stabilized by numerous weak noncovalent chemical forces. The physical shape of the interfaces determines the way two proteins interact. Many globular proteins have closely-matching shapes on their surfaces, which form a large number of weak bonds. Additionally, many PPIs occur between two helices or between a surface cleft and a...
13.3K
Ligand Binding Sites
13.2K
Proteins are dynamic macromolecules that carry out a wide variety of essential processes; however, the activities of most proteins depend on their interactions with other molecules or ions, known as ligands.
Protein-ligand interactions are quite specific; even though numerous potential ligands surround a cellular protein at any given time, only a particular ligand can bind to that protein. Moreover, a ligand binds only to a dedicated area on the surface of the protein, known as the...
Protein-ligand interactions are quite specific; even though numerous potential ligands surround a cellular protein at any given time, only a particular ligand can bind to that protein. Moreover, a ligand binds only to a dedicated area on the surface of the protein, known as the...
13.2K


