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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 120, 期 18, 页码 4055-4066出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.08.008
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- Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) by the National Science Foundation [TG-MCB180120, TG-MCB190007, ACI1548562]
- U.S. Department of Commerce [70NANB17H299]
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health [HHSN261200800001E]
Research findings show that KRAS4B approximates an entropic ensemble of configurations in specific membrane environments, with interactions between the protein and lipid membrane having minimal impact on its shape. This challenges previous understanding of KRAS signaling and proposes a new model where the protein samples in a uniform manner and binds to effector proteins.
KRAS4B is a membrane-anchored signaling protein and a primary target in cancer research. Predictions from molecular dynamics simulations that have previously shaped our mechanistic understanding of KRAS signaling disagree with recent experimental results from neutron reflectometry, NMR, and thermodynamic binding studies. To gain insight into these discrepancies, we compare this body of biophysical data to back-calculated experimental results from a series of molecular simulations that implement different subsets of molecular interactions. Our results show that KRAS4B approximates an entropic ensemble of configurations at model membranes containing 30% phosphatidylserine lipids, which is not significantly shaped by interactions between the globular G-domain of KRAS4B and the lipid membrane. These findings revise our understanding of KRAS signaling and promote a model in which the protein samples the accessible conformational space in a near-uniform manner while being available to bind to effector proteins.
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