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Lecture 6 - Protein Structure & Protein Folding Flashcards

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Building up Protein Tertiary Structure

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  • Secondary structure
  • Supersecondary structure
  • Protein domains
  • Complete protein structures
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Supersecondary structure

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helices
strands

connected by turns or by loops or coil

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Common motifs of supersecondary structure

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  • Helix - turn – helix
  • b hairpin
  • Greek key
  • Strand-helix-strand
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Helix-turn-helix

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2 helices together joined by a loop or turn

Common supersecondary structure

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Helix - turn - Helix examples

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DNA binding proteins

Calcium binding protein (longer turn) - hand

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β hairpin

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Strands antiparallel
Length varies

β strand goes up has a turn and back down

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β hairpin examples

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Bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor

Snake venom toxin

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Greek key

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4 antiparallel strands

Connected starting in centre

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Strand, Helix, Strand

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Strands Interact with H bonds

Helices above or below

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Supersecondary structure elements combine to form

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Domains or motifs

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Domains or motifs

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Independently folded region in a protein that sets apart from other regions

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Small protein

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1 domain

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Long big protein

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Multiple domains packed together

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Domain size

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150 - 200 amino acids stretch

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Protein domain has

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Hydrophobic core

Hydrophilic parts on surface

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Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase

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2 domains (1 binds NAD cofactor helps coenzyme work)
1 protein chain
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Proteins can be grouped into families based on tertiary structure 3 examples

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α domain family (helices)

α / β family (Strand helix strand)

Antiparallel β family

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α domain family

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4 helix bundle

Eg myoglobin

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4 helix bundle

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Hydrophobic sidechains in middle (up to vanderwaal radius - max energy)

Hydrophilic sidechains outside
Good for stabilisation

Tilted helices (20 degrees) stabilize sidechains & can nestle next to each other

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Myoglobin

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Globin fold

Wraps around heme group

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α / β family

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Mix of α and β structure
Strand helix strand

α / β barrel
α / β open twisted sheet

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α / β barrel

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8 strands 8 helices
Barrel of strands in middle helices on outside
H bond to each other

Hydrophobic interior
Hydrophilic outside (asp, lys, glu)
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α / β open twisted sheet

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a helices and b strands alternating

Sequence determines pathway

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Antiparallel β family

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Antiparallel β barrel
Hydrophobic interior of barallel
Eg retinal binding protein

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Retinal binding protein

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Hydrophobic Retinal inside barrel
b strands nestles retinal
Retinal nose hydroxide sticking out
Carries retinal around body

Surround retinal with hydrophobic sidechains, OH sticks out

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In nature common structural motifs and domains are repeated and combined to make

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different types of proteins

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Domains are often reused by nature and combined with other domains to make

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proteins with different functions.

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Common Protein Domains

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EGF (Hexagon)
Chymotrypsin (Oval)
Kringle Protein (K) - held by disulfide bridges
Ca bind protein (Triangle)

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Urokinase

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3 domains together

EGF, K, Chymotrypsin

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Factor IX

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4 domains

1 Ca bind protein, Chymotrypsin, 2 EGF

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Plasminogen

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6 domains

5 K, 1 Chymotrypsin

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Proteins are synthesized as

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linear polymers that have

to fold into a 3D functional structure

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Protein are made at the

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ribosome,

fold into active shape spontaneously

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Where are the instructions that proteins need?

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embedded in amino acid sequence

sequence contains the instructions

35
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Afinsen experiment

in nutshell

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Unfold ribonuclease A structure by Urea and b mercaptoethanol

Remove urea and b merca

Amino acids fold themselves up
Made correct disulfide bonds, and tertiary structure, became active

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Proteins contain

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information that leads to own structure in their sequence

37
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Collectively what makes a significant contribution to protein conformational stability?

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Non-covalent interactions, while individually weak in proteins, collectively

covalent bonds (eg. disulfide bonds)

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what’s the most important noncovalent contributor

to protein stability in aqueous solution?

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hydrophobic core

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Protein folding is directed by

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internal hydrophobic residues,

hydrophilic residues are solvent exposed.

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is protein folding a random process?

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Yes

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Folding pathways events

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(i) Formation of short secondary structure segments
(ii) Nuclei come together, growing cooperatively to form a domain
(iii) Domains come together (but tertiary structure still partly disordered)
(iv) Small conformational adjustments to give compact native structure

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Some protein folding is

assisted by

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chaperones

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Chaperones

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(a) ‘chaperone’-independent
(b) Chaperone-dependent eg Hsp70
(c) Chaperonin-dependent eg GroEL-GroES

44
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What can lead to unfolding

and loss of biological function (denaturation)?

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Weakening of non-covalent interactions

45
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Unfolding of proteins may result from…

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Change pH
Heating
Detergents
Organic solvents
Urea
Guandium HCL
46
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Proteins in living organisms that are folded normally can

sometimes

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change their shape and become misfolded

47
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Some misfolded proteins can cause

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other proteins to change
their shape

sometimes with disastrous consequences

48
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In the brain three conditions have been identified as being due to a protein,

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PrP changes shape and forms aggregates that cause brain damage

BSE bovine spongiform
encephalopathy

CSD Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease

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PrP

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abnormal form of prion protein

induces the normal form of this protein to become misfolded

a → b transformation

No treatment, fatal

50
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Kuru The proteins that cause the problem are called

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prions for

“proteins infectious agent”

51
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Other diseases in which protein misfolding or

aggregation is thought to contribute:

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  • Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Type 2 Diabetes

amyloid (abnormally folded protein)

Prions not involved

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