NMR approaches for structural analysis of multidomain proteins and complexes in solution

C Göbl, T Madl, B Simon, M Sattler - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic …, 2014 - Elsevier
NMR spectroscopy is a key method for studying the structure and dynamics of (large)
multidomain proteins and complexes in solution. It plays a unique role in integrated …

Disease-linked mutations cause exposure of a protein quality control degron

C Kampmeyer, S Larsen-Ledet, MR Wagnkilde… - Structure, 2022 - cell.com
More than half of disease-causing missense variants are thought to lead to protein
degradation, but the molecular mechanism of how these variants are recognized by the cell …

Neutron diffraction studies of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase complexed with methotrexate

B Bennett, P Langan, L Coates… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Hydrogen atoms play a central role in many biochemical processes yet are difficult to
visualize by x-ray crystallography. Spallation neutron sources provide a new arena for …

Dynamics of nitric oxide synthase–calmodulin interactions at physiological calcium concentrations

M Piazza, JG Guillemette, T Dieckmann - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The intracellular Ca2+ concentration is an important regulator of many cellular functions.
The small acidic protein calmodulin (CaM) serves as a Ca2+ sensor and control element for …

Noncooperative folding of subdomains in adenylate kinase

L Rundqvist, J Ådén, T Sparrman, M Wallgren… - Biochemistry, 2009 - ACS Publications
Conformational change is regulating the biological activity of a large number of proteins and
enzymes. Efforts in structural biology have provided molecular descriptions of the …

The role of large-scale motions in catalysis by dihydrofolate reductase

EJ Loveridge, LH Tey, EM Behiry… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Dihydrofolate reductase has long been used as a model system to study the coupling of
protein motions to enzymatic hydride transfer. By studying environmental effects on hydride …

Distant residues mediate picomolar binding affinity of a protein cofactor

YJM Bollen, AH Westphal, S Lindhoud… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Numerous proteins require cofactors to be active. Computer simulations suggest that
cooperative interaction networks achieve optimal cofactor binding. There is a need for the …

Binding Energetics of Ferredoxin‐NADP+ Reductase with Ferredoxin and Its Relation to Function

YH Lee, T Ikegami, DM Standley, K Sakurai… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To obtain insight into the motional features of proteins for enzymatic function, we studied
binding reactions between ferredoxin‐NADP+ reductase (FNR) and ferredoxin (Fd) using …

NMR Structures of Apo L. casei Dihydrofolate Reductase and Its Complexes with Trimethoprim and NADPH: Contributions to Positive Cooperative Binding from …

J Feeney, B Birdsall, NV Kovalevskaya… - Biochemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
In order to examine the origins of the large positive cooperativity (Δ G 0coop=− 2.9 kcal mol−
1) of trimethoprim (TMP) binding to a bacterial dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in the …

Chiral evasion and stereospecific antifolate resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

S Wang, SM Reeve, GT Holt, AA Ojewole… - PLoS computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Antimicrobial resistance presents a significant health care crisis. The mutation F98Y in
Staphylococcus aureus dihydrofolate reductase (SaDHFR) confers resistance to the …