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    • Studying backbone torsional dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins using fluorescence depolarization kinetics

      DEBAPRIYA DAS SAMRAT MUKHOPADHYAY

      Article Volume 43 Issue 3 July 2018 pp 455-462

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    • Keywords

       

      Dihedral angles; fluorescence anisotropy; intrinsically disordered proteins; protein conformational dynamics; Ramachandran map; rotational dynamics

    • Abstract

       

      Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not autonomously adopt a stable unique 3D structure and exist as an ensemble ofrapidly interconverting structures. They are characterized by significant conformational plasticity and are associated withseveral biological functions and dysfunctions. The rapid conformational fluctuation is governed by the backbone segmentaldynamics arising due to the dihedral angle fluctuation on the Ramachandran ϕ–Ψ conformational space. We discovered thatthe intrinsic backbone torsional mobility can be monitored by a sensitive fluorescence readout, namely fluorescencedepolarization kinetics, of tryptophan in an archetypal IDP such as α-synuclein. This methodology allows us to map thesite-specific torsional mobility in the dihedral space within picosecond-nanosecond time range at a low protein concentrationunder the native condition. The characteristic timescale of * 1.4 ns, independent of residue position, representscollective torsional dynamics of dihedral angles (ϕ and Ψ) of several residues from tryptophan and is independent of overallglobal tumbling of the protein. We believe that fluorescence depolarization kinetics methodology will find broad applicationto study both short-range and long-range correlated motions, internal friction, binding-induced folding, disorder-to-ordertransition, misfolding and aggregation of IDPs.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      DEBAPRIYA DAS1 2 SAMRAT MUKHOPADHYAY1 3 2

      1. Centre for Protein Science, Design and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
      2. Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
      3. Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India

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      Published
      1 July 2018

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