Understanding disorder-to-order transitions in protein-RNA complexes using molecular dynamics simulations. 2022

Ambuj Srivastava, and Dhanusha Yesudhas, and Shandar Ahmad, and M Michael Gromiha
Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in proteins are characterized by their flexibilities and low complexity regions, which lack unique 3 D structures in solution. IDRs play a significant role in signaling, regulation, and binding multiple partners, including DNA, RNA, and proteins. Although various experiments have shown the role of disordered regions in binding with RNA, a detailed computational analysis is required to understand their binding and recognition mechanism. In this work, we performed molecular dynamics simulations of 10 protein-RNA complexes to understand the binding governed by intrinsically disordered regions. The simulation results show that most of the disordered regions are important for RNA-binding and have a transition from disordered-to-ordered conformation upon binding, which often contribute significantly towards the binding affinity. Interestingly, most of the disordered residues are present at the interface or located as a linker between two regions having similar movements. The DOT regions are overlaped or flanked with experimentally reported functionally important residues in the recognition of protein-RNA complexes. This study provides additional insights for understanding the role and recognition mechanism of disordered regions in protein-RNA complexes.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D011506 Proteins Linear POLYPEPTIDES that are synthesized on RIBOSOMES and may be further modified, crosslinked, cleaved, or assembled into complex proteins with several subunits. The specific sequence of AMINO ACIDS determines the shape the polypeptide will take, during PROTEIN FOLDING, and the function of the protein. Gene Products, Protein,Gene Proteins,Protein,Protein Gene Products,Proteins, Gene
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D000072417 Protein Domains Discrete protein structural units that may fold independently of the rest of the protein and have their own functions. Peptide Domain,Protein Domain,Domain, Peptide,Domain, Protein,Domains, Peptide,Domains, Protein,Peptide Domains
D012313 RNA A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) RNA, Non-Polyadenylated,Ribonucleic Acid,Gene Products, RNA,Non-Polyadenylated RNA,Acid, Ribonucleic,Non Polyadenylated RNA,RNA Gene Products,RNA, Non Polyadenylated
D056004 Molecular Dynamics Simulation A computer simulation developed to study the motion of molecules over a period of time. Molecular Dynamics Simulations,Molecular Dynamics,Dynamic, Molecular,Dynamics Simulation, Molecular,Dynamics Simulations, Molecular,Dynamics, Molecular,Molecular Dynamic,Simulation, Molecular Dynamics,Simulations, Molecular Dynamics
D064267 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Functional proteins that do not have unique, stable, folded, three-dimensional native structures or that possess non-ordered regions under physiological conditions. They are characterized by extraordinary structural flexibility and plasticity, which enable them to adopt different conformations in response to different stimuli or different interactions. Intrinsically Disordered Protein,Natively Unfolded Protein,Unstructured Protein,Natively Unfolded Proteins,Unstructured Proteins,Disordered Protein, Intrinsically,Protein, Intrinsically Disordered,Protein, Natively Unfolded,Protein, Unstructured,Unfolded Protein, Natively

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