Rising, Anna
- Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Karolinska Institutet
Forskningsartikel2022Vetenskapligt granskadÖppen tillgång
A "spindle and thread"mechanism unblocks p53 translation N-terminal disorder
Kaldmae, Margit; Vosselman, Thibault; Zhong, Xueying; Lama, Dilraj; Chen, Gefei; Saluri, Mihkel; Kronqvist, Nina; Siau, Jia Wei; Ng, Aik Seng; Ghadessy, Farid J.; Sabatier, Pierre; Vojtesek, Borivoj; Sarr, Medoune; Sahin, Cagla; Osterlund, Nicklas; Ilag, Leopold L.; Vaananen, Venla A.; Sedimbi, Saikiran; Arsenian-Henriksson, Marie; Zubarev, Roman A.;
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Sammanfattning
Disordered proteins pose a major challenge to structural biology. A prominent example is the tumor suppressor p53, whose low expression levels and poor conformational stability hamper the development of cancer therapeutics. All these characteristics make it a prime example of ``life on the edge of solubility.'' Here, we investigate whether these features can be modulated by fusing the protein to a highly soluble spider silk domain (NT*). The chimeric protein displays highly efficient translation and is fully active in human cancer cells. Biophysical characterization reveals a compact conformation, with the disordered transactivation domain of p53 wrapped around the NT* domain. We conclude that interactions with NT* help to unblock translation of the proline-rich disordered region of p53. Expression of partially disordered cancer targets is similarly enhanced by NT*. In summary, we demonstrate that inducing co-translational folding via a molecular ``spindle and thread'' mechanism unblocks protein translation in vitro.
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Structure
2022, volym: 30, nummer: 5, sidor: 733-742
Utgivare: CELL PRESS
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
SDG3 God hälsa och välbefinnande
UKÄ forskningsämne
Biokemi och molekylärbiologi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2022.02.013
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/117413