DOI: 10.1002/prot.10520. Sequence and structural analysis of cellular retinoic acid‐binding proteins reveals a network of conserved hydrophobic interactions

Sequence and structural analysis of cellular retinoic acid‐binding proteins reveals a network of conserved hydrophobic interactions

10.1002/prot.10520

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Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (311)

Abstract

AbstractAbstract Proteins in the intracellular lipid‐binding protein (iLBP) family show remarkably high structural conservation despite their low‐sequence identity. A multiple‐sequence alignment using 52 sequences of iLBP family members revealed 15 fully conserved positions, with a disproportionately high number of these (n=7) located in the relatively small helical region. The conserved positions displayed high structural conservation based on comparisons of known iLBP crystal structures. It is striking that the β‐sheet domain had few conserved positions, despite its high structural conservation. This observation prompted us to analyze pair‐wise interactions within the β‐sheet region to ask whether structural information was encoded in interacting amino acid pairs. We conducted this analysis on the iLBP family member, cellular retinoic acid‐binding protein I (CRABP I), whose folding mechanism is under study in our laboratory. Indeed, an analysis based on a simple classification of hydrophobic and polar amino acids revealed a network of conserved interactions in CRABP I that cluster spatially, suggesting a possible nucleation site for folding. Significantly, a small number of residues participated in multiple conserved interactions, suggesting a key role for these sites in the structure and folding of CRABP I. The results presented here correlate well with available experimental evidence on folding of CRABPs and their family members and suggest future experiments. The analysis also shows the usefulness of considering pair‐wise conservation based on a simple classification of amino acids, in analyzing sequences and structures to find common core regions among homologues. Proteins 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Gunasekaran, K., Hagler, A. T., & Gierasch, L. M. (2003). Sequence and structural analysis of cellular retinoic acidâbinding proteins reveals a network of conserved hydrophobic interactions. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 54(2), 179â194. Portico.

Authors 3

Kannan Gunasekaran (first)
Arnold T. Hagler (additional)
Lila M. Gierasch (additional)

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        9,
        4
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}