Molecular basis of thermal stability in truncated (2/2) hemoglobins.

BACKGROUND Understanding the molecular mechanism through which proteins are functional at extreme high and low temperatures is one of the key issues in structural biology. To investigate this phenomenon, we have focused on two instructive truncated hemoglobins from Thermobifida fusca (Tf-trHbO) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt-trHbO); although the two proteins are structurally nearly identical, only the former is stable at high temperatures. METHODS We used molecular dynamics simulations at different temperatures as well as thermal melting profile measurements of both wild type proteins and two mutants designed to interchange the amino acid residue, either Pro or Gly, at E3 position. RESULTS The results show that the presence of a Pro at the E3 position is able to increase (by 8°) or decrease (by 4°) the melting temperature of Mt-trHbO and Tf-trHbO, respectively. We observed that the ProE3 alters the structure of the CD loop, making it more flexible. CONCLUSIONS This gain in flexibility allows the protein to concentrate its fluctuations in this single loop and avoid unfolding. The alternate conformations of the CD loop also favor the formation of more salt-bridge interactions, together augmenting the protein's thermostability. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE These results indicate a clear structural and dynamical role of a key residue for thermal stability in truncated hemoglobins.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta

• Publication date

  2014-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.03.018PMID 24704259
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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