Understanding disorder-to-order transitions in protein-RNA complexes using molecular dynamics simulations

Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in proteins are characterized by their flexibilities and low complexity regions, which lack unique 3 D structures in solution. IDRs play a significant role in signaling, regulation, and binding multiple partners, including DNA, RNA, and proteins. Although various experiments have shown the role of disordered regions in binding with RNA, a detailed computational analysis is required to understand their binding and recognition mechanism. In this work, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of 10 protein-RNA complexes to understand the binding governed by intrinsically disordered regions. The simulation results show that most of the disordered regions are important for RNA-binding and have a transition from disordered-to-ordered conformation upon binding, which often contribute significantly towards the binding affinity. Interestingly, most of the disordered residues are present at the interface or located as a linker between two regions having similar movements. The DOT regions are overlaped or flanked with experimentally reported functionally important residues in the recognition of protein-RNA complexes. This study provides additional insights for understanding the role and recognition mechanism of disordered regions in protein-RNA complexes.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics - 40(2022), 17 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 7915-7925

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srivastava, Ambuj [VerfasserIn]
Yesudhas, Dhanusha [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Shandar [VerfasserIn]
Gromiha, M Michael [VerfasserIn]

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63231-63-0
9007-49-2
DNA
Disorder-to-order transition
Flexible
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Intrinsically disordered proteins
Journal Article
Molecular dynamics simulation
Protein–RNA complex
Proteins
RNA
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 13.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07391102.2021.1904005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323353371