Partner-Mediated Polymorphism of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein |
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Authors: | Christophe Bignon Francesca Troilo Stefano Gianni Sonia Longhi |
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Institution: | 1. Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB) UMR 7257, Marseille, France;2. Istituto Pasteur Italia—Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) recognize their partners through molecular recognition elements (MoREs). The MoRE of the C-terminal intrinsically disordered domain of the measles virus nucleoprotein (NTAIL) is partly pre-configured as an α-helix in the free form and undergoes α-helical folding upon binding to the X domain (XD) of the viral phosphoprotein. Beyond XD, NTAIL also binds the major inducible heat shock protein 70 (hsp70). So far, no structural information is available for the NTAIL/hsp70 complex. Using mutational studies combined with a protein complementation assay based on green fluorescent protein reconstitution, we have investigated both NTAIL/XD and NTAIL/hsp70 interactions. Although the same NTAIL region binds the two partners, the binding mechanisms are different. Hsp70 binding is much more tolerant of MoRE substitutions than XD, and the majority of substitutions lead to an increased NTAIL/hsp70 interaction strength. Furthermore, while an increased and a decreased α-helicity of the MoRE lead to enhanced and reduced interaction strength with XD, respectively, the impact on hsp70 binding is negligible, suggesting that the MoRE does not adopt an α-helical conformation once bound to hsp70. Here, by showing that the α-helical conformation sampled by the free form of the MoRE does not systematically commit it to adopt an α-helical conformation in the bound form, we provide an example of partner-mediated polymorphism of an IDP and of the relative insensitiveness of the bound structure to the pre-recognition state. The present results therefore contribute to shed light on the molecular mechanisms by which IDPs recognize different partners. |
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Keywords: | measles virus TAIL XD major inducible heat shock protein (hsp70) induced folding MeV measles virus IDPs intrinsically disordered proteins hsp70 heat shock protein XD X domain MoRE molecular recognition element GFP green fluorescent protein CD circular dichroism NBD nucleotide binding domain PBD peptide binding domain |
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