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Molecular design of specific metal-binding peptide sequences from protein fragments: Theory and experiment

Kozisek, Milan ; Svatos, Ales ; Budesinsky, Milos ; Muck, Alexander ; Bauer, Mikael LU ; Kotrba, Pavel ; Ruml, Tomas ; Havlas, Zdenek ; Linse, Sara LU and Rulisek, Lubomir (2008) In Chemistry: A European Journal 14(26). p.7836-7846
Abstract
A novel strategy is presented for designing peptides with specific metal-ion chelation sites, based on linking computationally predicted ion-specific combinations of amino acid side chains coordinated at the vertices of the desired coordination polyhedron into a single polypeptide chain. With this aim, a series of computer programs have been written that 1) creates a structural combinatorial library containing Z(i)-(X)(n)-Z(j) sequences (n = 0-14; Z: amino acid that binds the metal through the side chain; X: any amino acid) from the existing protein structures in the non-redundant Protein Data Bank; 2) merges these fragments into a single Z(1)-(X)(n1)-Z(2)-(X)(n2)-Z(3)-(X)(n3)- ... -Z(j) polypeptide chain; and 3) automatically performs two... (More)
A novel strategy is presented for designing peptides with specific metal-ion chelation sites, based on linking computationally predicted ion-specific combinations of amino acid side chains coordinated at the vertices of the desired coordination polyhedron into a single polypeptide chain. With this aim, a series of computer programs have been written that 1) creates a structural combinatorial library containing Z(i)-(X)(n)-Z(j) sequences (n = 0-14; Z: amino acid that binds the metal through the side chain; X: any amino acid) from the existing protein structures in the non-redundant Protein Data Bank; 2) merges these fragments into a single Z(1)-(X)(n1)-Z(2)-(X)(n2)-Z(3)-(X)(n3)- ... -Z(j) polypeptide chain; and 3) automatically performs two simple molecular mechanics calculations that make it possible to estimate the internal strain in the newly designed peptide. The application of this procedure for the Most M2+-specific combinations of amino acid side chains (M: metal see L. Rulisek, Z. Havlas J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 2376-2385) yielded several peptide sequences (with lengths of 6-20 amino acids) with the potential for specific binding with six metal ions (Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+). The gas-phase association constants of the studied metal ions with these de novo designed peptides were experimentally determined by MALDI mass spectrometry by using 3,4,5-trihydroxyacetophenone as a matrix, whereas the thermodynamic parameters of the metal-ion coordination in the condensed phase were measured by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), chelatometry and NMR spectroscopy methods. The data indicate that some of the computationally predicted peptides are potential M2+-specific metalion chelators. (Less)
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peptides, molecular design, metal-ion chelation, ab initic calculations, mass spectrometry
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Chemistry: A European Journal
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14
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26
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7836 - 7846
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1521-3765
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10.1002/chem.200800178
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English
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  author       = {{Kozisek, Milan and Svatos, Ales and Budesinsky, Milos and Muck, Alexander and Bauer, Mikael and Kotrba, Pavel and Ruml, Tomas and Havlas, Zdenek and Linse, Sara and Rulisek, Lubomir}},
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  keywords     = {{peptides; molecular design; metal-ion chelation; ab initic calculations; mass spectrometry}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{26}},
  pages        = {{7836--7846}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Chemistry: A European Journal}},
  title        = {{Molecular design of specific metal-binding peptide sequences from protein fragments: Theory and experiment}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200800178}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/chem.200800178}},
  volume       = {{14}},
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