Engineering extrinsic disorder to control protein activity in living cells

Onur Dagliyan, Miroslaw Tarnawski, Pei Hsuan Chu, David Shirvanyants, Ilme Schlichting, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Klaus M. Hahn

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Abstract

Optogenetic and chemogenetic control of proteins has revealed otherwise inaccessible facets of signaling dynamics. Here, we use light- or ligand-sensitive domains to modulate the structural disorder of diverse proteins, thereby generating robust allosteric switches. Sensory domains were inserted into nonconserved, surface-exposed loops that were tight and identified computationally as allosterically coupled to active sites. Allosteric switches introduced into motility signaling proteins (kinases, guanosine triphosphatases, and guanine exchange factors) controlled conversion between conformations closely resembling natural active and inactive states, as well asmodulated themorphodynamics of living cells.Our results illustrate a broadly applicable approach to design physiological protein switches.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1441-1444
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume354
Issue number6318
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 16 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General

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