As structural flexibility is known to be required for enzyme catalysis and pattern recognition and a significant fraction of eukaryotic proteins appear to be unfolded or contain unstructured regions, biological activity of conformational states distinct from fully folded structures could be more common than previously thought. By applying a procedure that allows the recovery of enzymatic activity to be monitored in real time, we show that a non-native state populated transiently during folding of the acylphosphatase from Sulfolobus solfataricus is enzymatically active. The structural characterization of this partially folded state reveals that enzymatic activity is possible even if the catalytic site is structurally heterogeneous, whereas the remainder of the structure acts as a scaffold. These results extend the spectrum of biological functions carried out in the absence of a folded state to include enzyme catalysis.

Biological function in a non-native partially folded state of a protein / F. BEMPORAD; J. GSPONER; H.I. HOPEHARUOHO; G. PLAKOUTSI; G. STATI; M. STEFANI; N. TADDEI; M. VENDRUSCOLO; F. CHITI. - In: EMBO JOURNAL. - ISSN 0261-4189. - STAMPA. - 27:(2008), pp. 1525-1535.

Biological function in a non-native partially folded state of a protein.

BEMPORAD, FRANCESCO;STEFANI, MASSIMO;TADDEI, NICCOLO';CHITI, FABRIZIO
2008

Abstract

As structural flexibility is known to be required for enzyme catalysis and pattern recognition and a significant fraction of eukaryotic proteins appear to be unfolded or contain unstructured regions, biological activity of conformational states distinct from fully folded structures could be more common than previously thought. By applying a procedure that allows the recovery of enzymatic activity to be monitored in real time, we show that a non-native state populated transiently during folding of the acylphosphatase from Sulfolobus solfataricus is enzymatically active. The structural characterization of this partially folded state reveals that enzymatic activity is possible even if the catalytic site is structurally heterogeneous, whereas the remainder of the structure acts as a scaffold. These results extend the spectrum of biological functions carried out in the absence of a folded state to include enzyme catalysis.
2008
27
1525
1535
F. BEMPORAD; J. GSPONER; H.I. HOPEHARUOHO; G. PLAKOUTSI; G. STATI; M. STEFANI; N. TADDEI; M. VENDRUSCOLO; F. CHITI
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