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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
We have taken a computational approach to design mutations that stabilize a large protein domain of approximately 200 residues in two alternative conformations. Mutations in the hydrophobic core of the alphaMbeta2 integrin I domain were designed to stabilize the crystallographically defined open or closed conformers. When expressed on the cell surface as part of the intact heterodimeric receptor, binding of the designed open and closed I domains to the ligand iC3b, a form of the complement component C3, was either increased or decreased, respectively, compared to wild type. Moreover, when expressed in isolation from other integrin domains using an artificial transmembrane domain, designed open I domains were active in ligand binding, whereas designed closed and wild type I domains were inactive. Comparison to a human expert designed open mutant showed that the computationally designed mutants are far more active. Thus, computational design can be used to stabilize a molecule in a desired conformation, and conformational change in the I domain is physiologically relevant to regulation of ligand binding.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1072-8368
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
674-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Complement C3b, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Thermodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:10932253-Transfection
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Computational design of an integrin I domain stabilized in the open high affinity conformation.
pubmed:affiliation
The Center for Blood Research and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.