Pathway regulation mechanism revealed by cotranslational folding of villin headpiece subdomain HP35

Cotranslational folding is one of the most important features of protein folding in vivo. Although many studies have shown that the folding pathways of cotranslational folding are different from free folding in vitro, the detailed mechanism of folding dynamics is lacking. Here we combine all-atom molecular simulations with an ideal ribosome tunnel model to investigate the cotranslational folding of villin headpiece subdomain HP35. By comparing the folding dynamics between cotranslational folding and free folding, we found that cotranslational folding tends to fold along the pathway that is easier to fold into native state in the latter. In addition, the roles of the ribosome tunnel and sequential folding are analyzed separately. Our results show that the ribosome can prevent the untimely folding of the C segment of HP35 to reduce the non-native interactions, while the translation speed can regulate the amounts of native and non-native interactions and the balance between them. Overall, these results give insights into the general mechanisms of cotranslational protein folding.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:101

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Physical review. E - 101(2020), 5-1 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 052403

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tao, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ercheng [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Microfilament Proteins
Villin

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Date Completed 30.04.2021

Date Revised 30.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1103/PhysRevE.101.052403

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311537863