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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 100, 期 9, 页码 2243-2252出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.02.055
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- FIRB/Italbionet
- FAR (Fondo Ateneo per la Ricerca) of the University Milano-Bicocca
- University of Milano-Bicocca
IDPs in their unbound state can transiently acquire secondary and tertiary structure. Describing such intrinsic structure is important to understand the transition between free and bound state, leading to supramolecular complexes with physiological interactors. IDP structure is highly dynamic and, therefore, difficult to study by conventional techniques. This work focuses on conformational analysis of the KID fragment of the Sic1 protein, an IDP with a key regulatory role in the cell-cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FT-IR spectroscopy, ESI-MS, and IM measurements are used to capture dynamic and short-lived conformational states, probing both secondary and tertiary protein structure. The results indicate that the isolated Sic1 KID retains dynamic helical structure and populates collapsed states of different compactness. A metastable, highly compact species is detected. Comparison between the fragment and the full-length protein suggests that chain length is crucial to the stabilization of compact states of this IDP. The two proteins are compared by a length-independent compaction index.
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