Rapid, electrostatically assisted association of proteins

The rapid association of barnase and its intracellular inhibitor barstar has been analysed from the effects of mutagenesis and electrostatic screening. A basal association rate constant of 10(5) M(-1) s(-1) is increased to over 5 x 10(9) M(-1) s(-1) by electrostatic forces. The association between the oppositely charged proteins proceeds through the rate-determining formation of an early, weakly specific complex, which is dominated by long-range electrostatic interactions, followed by precise docking to form the high affinity complex. This mode of binding is likely to be used widely in nature to increase association rate constants between molecules and its principles may be used for protein design.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1996

Erschienen:

1996

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Nature structural biology - 3(1996), 5 vom: 17. Mai, Seite 427-31

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schreiber, G [VerfasserIn]
Fersht, A R [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

37328-61-3
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens ribonuclease
Bacterial Proteins
Barstar protein, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
Comparative Study
EC 3.1.-
EC 3.1.27.-
Enzyme Inhibitors
Journal Article
Ribonucleases

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.06.1996

Date Revised 23.01.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM085861464