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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 427, Issue -, Pages 225-236Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091888
Keywords
cancer; DNA binding; molecular-dynamics simulation (MD simulation); p53 mutant; protein folding; thermal stability
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- Ministry of education of Algeria
- Biochemical Society
- Nuffield Foundation
- Royal Society Research
- FEBS
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To assess the potential of mutations from the L 1 loop of the tumour suppressor p53 as second-site suppressors, the effect of H115N and S116M on the p53 'hot spot' mutations has been investigated using the double-mutant approach. The effects of these two mutants on the p53 hot spots in terms of thermal stability and DNA binding were evaluated. The results show that: (i) the p53 mutants H115N and S116M are thermally more stable than wild-type p53; (ii) H115N but not S116M is capable of rescuing the DNA binding of one of the most frequent p53 mutants in cancer, R248Q, as shown by binding of R248Q/H115N to gadd45 (the promoter of a gene involved in cell-cycle arrest); (iii) the double mutant R248Q/H115N is more stable than wild-type p53; (iv) the effect of H115N as a second-site suppressor to restore DNA-binding activity is specific to R248Q, but not to R248W; (v) molecular-dynamics simulations indicate that R248Q/H115N has a conformation similar to wild-type p53, which is distinct from that of R248Q. These findings could be exploited in designing strategies for cancer therapy to identify molecules that could mimic the effect of H115N in restoring function to oncogenic p53 mutants.
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