The complexity of G protein‐coupled receptor (GPCR) modulation and signalling
British Journal of Pharmacology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 9, 2025
Язык: Английский
Hydrogen-Bonding and Hydrophobic Interaction Networks as Structural Determinants of Microbial Rhodopsin Function
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
128(30), С. 7407 - 7426
Опубликована: Июль 18, 2024
Microbial
pump
rhodopsins
are
highly
versatile
light-driven
membrane
proteins
that
couple
protein
conformational
dynamics
with
ion
translocation
across
the
cell
membranes.
Understanding
how
microbial
use
specific
amino
acid
residues
at
key
functional
sites
to
control
selectivity
and
pumping
direction
is
of
general
interest
for
transporters,
could
guide
site-directed
mutagenesis
optogenetics
applications.
To
enable
direct
comparisons
between
different
sequences
we
implement,
first
time,
a
unique
Язык: Английский
Ionizable networks mediate pH-dependent allostery in SH2 signaling proteins
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 21, 2024
Introduction
Transient
intracellular
pH
dynamics
1
regulate
mammalian
proliferation
2,3
,
migration
4
and
differentiation
5
.
However,
for
many
pH-dependent
cell
processes,
the
molecular
mediators
are
unknown
6
Prior
work
identified
histidine
residues
as
switches
in
pH-sensitive
proteins,
but
how
other
ionizable
contribute
to
protein
allostery
is
understudied.
Here,
we
develop
an
silico
computational
pipeline
identify
putative
proteins
their
mechanisms.
We
first
apply
this
SHP2,
a
known
signaling
with
uncharacterized
mechanism.
show
wild-type
SHP2
phosphatase
activity
vitro
cells,
mutation
of
H116
E252
non-titratable
alanine
abolishes
function.
also
that
c-Src
previously
unrecognized
kinase,
network
again
activity.
Constant
simulations
support
conserved
allosteric
mechanism
binding
inhibitory
SH2
domains
functional
catalytic
c-Src.
our
across
domain-containing
evolutionarily
pH-sensing
networks.
Our
results
reveal
regulator
providing
insight
into
normal
biology
diseases
where
pHi
dysregulated,
such
cancer.
Язык: Английский
Retinal Chromophore Environment in an Inward Light-Driven Proton Pump Studied by Solid-state NMR and Hydrogen-Bond Network Analysis
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
26(36), С. 24090 - 24108
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
The
mechanism
of
inward
proton
transport
in
a
microbial
rhodopsin
suggested
by
solid-state
NMR
spectroscopy
and
molecular
dynamics
simulations.
Язык: Английский