Download MendeleyComputational design of soluble and functional membrane protein analogues.
Goverde, C.A., Pacesa, M., Goldbach, N., Dornfeld, L.J., Balbi, P.E.M., Georgeon, S., Rosset, S., Kapoor, S., Choudhury, J., Dauparas, J., Schellhaas, C., Kozlov, S., Baker, D., Ovchinnikov, S., Vecchio, A.J., Correia, B.E.(2024) Nature 631: 449-458
- PubMed: 38898281
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07601-y
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8OYS, 8OYV, 8OYW, 8OYX, 8OYY, 9BEI - PubMed Abstract:
De novo design of complex protein folds using solely computational means remains a substantial challenge 1 . Here we use a robust deep learning pipeline to design complex folds and soluble analogues of integral membrane proteins. Unique membrane topologies, such as those from G-protein-coupled receptors 2 , are not found in the soluble proteome, and we demonstrate that their structural features can be recapitulated in solution. Biophysical analyses demonstrate the high thermal stability of the designs, and experimental structures show remarkable design accuracy. The soluble analogues were functionalized with native structural motifs, as a proof of concept for bringing membrane protein functions to the soluble proteome, potentially enabling new approaches in drug discovery. In summary, we have designed complex protein topologies and enriched them with functionalities from membrane proteins, with high experimental success rates, leading to a de facto expansion of the functional soluble fold space.
Organizational Affiliation:
Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
