Tandem dimerization of the human p53 tetramerization domain stabilizes a primary dimer intermediate and dramatically enhances its oligomeric stability |
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Authors: | Poon Gregory M K Brokx Richard D Sung Michael Gariépy Jean |
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Affiliation: | Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9. |
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Abstract: | Tetramerization of the human p53 tumor suppressor protein is required for its biological functions. However, cellular levels of p53 indicate that it exists predominantly in a monomeric state. Since the oligomerization of p53 involves the rate-limiting formation of a primary dimer intermediate, we engineered a covalently linked pair of human p53 tetramerization (p53tet) domains to generate a tandem dimer (p53tetTD) that minimizes the energetic requirements for forming the primary dimer. We demonstrate that p53tetTD self-assembles into an oligomeric structure equivalent to the wild-type p53tet tetramer and exhibits dramatically enhanced oligomeric stability. Specifically, the p53tetTD dimer exhibits an unfolding/dissociation equilibrium constant of 26 fM at 37 degrees C, or a million-fold increase in stability relative to the wild-type p53tet tetramer, and resists subunit exchange with monomeric p53tet. In addition, whereas the wild-type p53tet tetramer undergoes coupled (i.e. two-state) dissociation/unfolding to unfolded monomers, the p53tetTD dimer denatures via an intermediate that is detectable by differential scanning calorimetry but not CD spectroscopy, consistent with a folded p53tetTD monomer that is equivalent to the p53tet primary dimer. Given its oligomeric stability and resistance against hetero-oligomerization, dimerization of p53 constructs incorporating the tetramerization domain may yield functional constructs that may resist exchange with wild-type or mutant forms of p53. |
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Keywords: | p53tet, human p53 tetramerization domain p53tetTD, tandem dimer of the human p53 tetramerization domain HSQC, heteronuclear single quantum coherence DSC, differential scanning calorimetry |
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