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Crystal structure of subtilisin BPN′ variants containing disulfide bonds and cavities: Concerted structural rearrangements induced by mutagenesis
Author(s) -
Katz Bradley,
Kossiakoff Anthony A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
proteins: structure, function, and bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.699
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0134
pISSN - 0887-3585
DOI - 10.1002/prot.340070406
Subject(s) - subtilisin , dihedral angle , chemistry , mutagenesis , disulfide bond , molecule , crystal structure , crystallography , protein secondary structure , protein structure , mutant , stereochemistry , biophysics , hydrogen bond , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , gene , organic chemistry
The X‐ray structure of four genetically engineered disulfide variants of subtilisin have been analyzed to determine the energetic and structural constraints involved in inserting disulfide bonds into proteins. Each of the engineered disulfides exhibited atypical sets of dihedral angles compared with known structures of natural disulfide bridges in proteins and affected its local structural environment to a different extent. The disulfides located in buried regions, Cys26–Cys232 and Cys29–Cys87 and Cys22–Cys87, which are located on the surface of the molecule. An analysis of the concerted changes in secondary structure units such as α‐helices and β‐sheets indicated systematic long‐range effects. The observed changes in the mutants were largely distributed asymmetrically around the inserted disulfides, reflecting different degrees of inherent flexibility of neighboring secondary structure types. The disulfide substitution in each variant molecule created some invaginations or cavities, causing a reorganization of the surrounding water structure. These changes are described, as well as the changes in side chain positions of groups that border the cavities.