Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 24, Issue 11, Pages 2024-2033Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.09.006
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- A*STAR Graduate Academy (A*GA) Singapore
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Critical regulatory pathways are replete with instances of intra-and interfamily protein-protein interactions due to the pervasiveness of gene duplication throughout evolution. Discerning the specificity determinants within these systems has proven a challenging task. Here, we present an energetic analysis of the specificity determinants within the Bcl-2 family of proteins (key regulators of the intrinsic apoptotic pathway) via a total of similar to 20 mu s of simulation of 60 distinct protein-protein complexes. We demonstrate where affinity and specificity of protein-protein interactions arise across the family, and corroborate our conclusions with extensive experimental evidence. We identify energy and specificity hotspots that may offer valuable guidance in the design of targeted therapeutics for manipulating the protein-protein interactions within the apoptosis-regulating pathway. Moreover, we propose a conceptual framework that allows us to quantify the relationship between sequence, structure, and binding energetics. This approach may represent a general methodology for investigating other paralogous protein-protein interaction sites.
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