1eeq
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M4L/Y(27D)D/T94H Mutant of LEN
OverviewOverview
We have examined the influence of surface hydrogen bonds on the stability, of proteins by studying the effects of mutations of human immunoglobulin, light chain variable domain (V(L)). In addition to the variants Y27dD, N28F, and T94H of protein kappa IV Len that were previously described, we, characterized mutants M4L, L27cN, L27cQ, and K39T, double mutant, M4L/Y27dD, and triple mutant M4L/Y27dD/T94H. The triple mutant had an, enhanced thermodynamic stability of 4.2 kcal/mol. We determined the, structure of the triple mutant by x-ray diffraction and correlated the, changes in stability due to the mutations with changes in the, three-dimensional structure. Y27dD mutant had increased stability of Len, by 2.7 kcal/mol, a large value for a single mutation. Asp27d present in, CDR1 formed hydrogen bonds with the side-chain and main-chain atoms within, the loop. In the case of the K39T mutant, which reduces stability by 2, kcal/mol, Lys39 in addition to forming a hydrogen bond with a carbonyl, oxygen of a neighboring loop may also favorably influence the surface, electrostatics of the molecule. We showed that hydrogen bonds between, residues in surface loops can add to the overall stability of the V(L), domains. The contribution to stability is further increased if the surface, residue makes more than one hydrogen bond or if it forms a hydrogen bond, between neighboring turns or loops separated from each other in the amino, acid sequence. Based on our experiments we suggest that stabilization of, proteins might be systematically accomplished by introducing additional, hydrogen bonds on the surface. These substitutions are more, straightforward to predict than core-packing interactions and can be, selected to avoid affecting the protein's function.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1EEQ is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Increasing protein stability by polar surface residues: domain-wide consequences of interactions within a loop., Pokkuluri PR, Raffen R, Dieckman L, Boogaard C, Stevens FJ, Schiffer M, Biophys J. 2002 Jan;82(1 Pt 1):391-8. PMID:11751325
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