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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00328
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- National Institutes of Health [R35 GM118091]
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For intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), the dynamics of the backbone play a key role in encoding their function. The dynamics are regulated by local interactions, secondary structures, and glycines. These sequence-dependent changes in backbone dynamics allow IDPs to respond to binding partners in a versatile manner.
For intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), a pressing question is how sequence codes for function. Dynamics serves as a crucial link, reminiscent of the role of structure in sequence-function relations of structured proteins. To define general rules governing sequence-dependent backbone dynamics, we carried out long molecular dynamics simulations of eight IDPs. Blocks of residues exhibiting large amplitudes in slow dynamics are rigidified by local inter-residue interactions or secondary structures. A long region or an entire IDP can be slowed down by long-range contacts or secondary-structure packing. On the other hand, glycines promote fast dynamics and either demarcate rigid blocks or facilitate multiple modes of local and long-range inter-residue interactions. The sequence-dependent backbone dynamics endows IDPs with versatile response to binding partners, with some blocks recalcitrant while others readily adapting to intermolecular interactions.
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