Structural highlights
Function[B2LA1_HUMAN] Retards apoptosis induced by IL-3 deprivation. May function in the response of hemopoietic cells to external signals and in maintaining endothelial survival during infection (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMedUnderstanding the relationship between protein sequence and structure well enough to design new proteins with desired functions is a longstanding goal in protein science. Here, we show that recurring tertiary structural motifs (TERMs) in the PDB provide rich information for protein-peptide interaction prediction and design. TERM statistics can be used to predict peptide binding energies for Bcl-2 family proteins as accurately as widely used structure-based tools. Furthermore, design using TERM energies (dTERMen) rapidly and reliably generates high-affinity peptide binders of anti-apoptotic proteins Bfl-1 and Mcl-1 with just 15%-38% sequence identity to any known native Bcl-2 family protein ligand. High-resolution structures of four designed peptides bound to their targets provide opportunities to analyze the strengths and limitations of the computational design method. Our results support dTERMen as a powerful approach that can complement existing tools for protein engineering. Tertiary Structural Motif Sequence Statistics Enable Facile Prediction and Design of Peptides that Bind Anti-apoptotic Bfl-1 and Mcl-1.,Frappier V, Jenson JM, Zhou J, Grigoryan G, Keating AE Structure. 2019 Feb 12. pii: S0969-2126(19)30008-5. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2019.01.008. PMID:30773399[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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