User:Nathan H. Kipniss/Notebook/20.109 Final Project
Elucidating the function of D24H Inverse Pericam mutant
Background
In module 2 of 20.109, we created the D24H mutant of inverse pericam. The experimental results from the calcium binding assay was surprising as calcium affinity decreased (Kd increase), yet cooperativtiy increased. For a final research idea, I would like to propose the set of experiments that would elucidate how the addition of a histidine into the first binding loop of inverse pericam can make these changes.
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Ideas
-working under the assumption that the SDM did indeed work (sequencing with BLAST, discontinuous mega-blast suggests it did indeed work)
- consider looking at calmodulin only.
- Pharmaceutical companies often need to know how a drug is interacting with a target. These same techniques could be applied to calmodulin and its target, M13. I currently have a request with MIT libraries to purchase a critical paper (see below).
Papers and Summaries
Junker, JP et al. Single-molecule force spectroscopy distinguishes target binding modes of calmodulin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106.34 (2009): 14361-6.
-Cooperativtiy in CaM and target proteins is target protein dependent.
- Multiple transitions rates exist in CaM and target protein binding (again, protein dependent).
- for skMLCK, one cooperative transition; no intermediates could be found with this approach.
-potential issues: this paper uses worm like chain models to interpret data. How valid is that approximation/assumption?
- this method slows kinetics to actually observe structural transitions
-skMLCK demands that CaM is completely folded when binding.
Papers Currently being read
Grossman,M et al. Achieving broad molecular insights into dynamic protein interactions by integrated structural-kinetic approaches. Current opinion in structural biology 21.5 (2011): 678-85. Web. 1 Mar. 2012.
Scapin, G. Structural Biology and Drug Discovery. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2006
