4.6 Article

Characterization of early and late transition states of the folding pathway of a SH2 domain

Journal

PROTEIN SCIENCE
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pro.4332

Keywords

intermediate; kinetics; mutagenesis; Phi-value analysis

Funding

  1. Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro [IG 24551]
  2. H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [860517]
  3. Institut Pasteur [ACIP 485-21]
  4. Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti
  5. Regione Lazio [A0375-2020-36559]
  6. Sapienza Universita di Roma [AR22117A3CED340A, RG12017297FA7223, RM1181641C2C24B9, RM11916B414C897E, RP11715C34AEAC9B]
  7. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [860517] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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This study provides a quantitative characterization of the folding pathway of the C-terminal SH2 domain of SHP2. The folding reaction of the C-SH2 domain is described by a three-state mechanism with two transition states and a high-energy intermediate. The presence of a hydrophobic folding nucleus in the early events of folding is observed, which becomes more stable as the reaction progresses towards the native state. Residues in the functional region of the domain exhibit unusual folding behavior.
Albeit SH2 domains are abundant protein-protein interaction modules with fundamental roles in the regulation of several physiological and molecular pathways in the cell, the available information about the determinants of their thermodynamic stability and folding properties are still very limited. In this work, we provide a quantitative characterization of the folding pathway of the C-terminal SH2 domain of SHP2, conducted through a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and kinetic (un)folding experiments (Phi-value analysis). The energetic profile of the folding reaction of the C-SH2 domain is described by a three-state mechanism characterized by the presence of two transition states and a high-energy intermediate. The production of 29 site-directed variants allowed us to calculate the degree of native-like interactions occurring in the early and late events of the folding reaction. Data analysis highlights the presence of a hydrophobic folding nucleus surrounded by a lower degree of structure in the early events of folding, further consolidated as the reaction proceeds towards the native state. Interestingly, residues physically located in the functional region of the domain reported unusual Phi-values, a hallmark of the presence of transient misfolding. We compared our results with previous ones obtained for the N-terminal SH2 domain of SHP2. Notably, a conserved complex folding mechanism implying the presence of a folding intermediate arise from comparison, and the relative stability of such intermediate appears to be highly sequence dependent. Data are discussed under the light of previous works on SH2 domains.

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