Correlation of structure with transforming activity of the P21 proteins with substitutions of L-amino acids for Gly at position 13 |
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Authors: | Matthew R Pincus Paul W Brandt-Rauf Robert P Carty Jack Lubowsky and Matthew Avitable |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, 10016 New York, New York;(2) Department of Medicine and Environmental Sciences, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York;(3) Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York;(4) Scientific Academic Computing Center, State University, New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York |
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Abstract: | The effects of amino acid substitutions for Gly 13 on the structure of the transforming region (Leu 6-Gly 15) of the P21 proteins have been explored using conformational energy calculations. It has been found that the substitution of Asp for Gly at this position results in a protein capable of transforming cells into malignant ones. Proteins that contain Ser at position 13 (but no other substitutions), however, transform cells with a greatly reduced activity. The transforming peptide with Asp 13 adopts a conformation that is different from the one for the peptide from the normal protein (with Gly 12 and Gly 13) and that may result in expression of a higher energy malignancy-producing form. The Ser-containing peptide adopts as its lowest energy conformation one that is identical to that of the peptide from the normal protein, thus explaining its lack of transforming activity. From analysis of the interactions preventing the Asp 13-containing peptide from adopting the normal conformation, it is predicted that substitutions of amino acids with branched side chains atC
, such as Val, Ile, and Thr, should promote cell transformation. This prediction with Val has recently been confirmed in genetic experiments. |
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Keywords: | conformational energy three-dimensional structure amino acid substitution P21 proteins transformation |
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