Design of heterotetrameric coiled coils: evidence for increased stabilization by Glu(-)-Lys(+) ion pair interactions

Biochemistry
R FairmanJ Novotny

Abstract

Electrostatic interactions between charged amino acids often affect heterospecificity in coiled coils as evidenced by the interaction between the oncoproteins, fos and jun. Such interactions have been successfully exploited in the design of heteromeric coiled coils in a number of laboratories. It has been suggested that heterospecificity in these dimeric coiled-coil systems is driven not by specific electrostatic interactions in the heterodimers but rather by electrostatic repulsion acting to destabilize the homodimer state relative to the heterodimer state. We show that it is possible to design ion pair interactions that directly stabilize the heterotetrameric coiled-coil state. Synthetic peptides were used whose sequences are based on the C-terminal tetramerization domain of Lac repressor, as a model system for four-chain coiled coils (Fairman et al., 1995). These Lac-based peptides, containing either glutamic acid (Lac21E) or lysine (Lac21K) at all b and c heptad positions, only weakly self-associate but, when mixed, afford a highly stable heterotetramer. This study represents the first experimental evidence for the importance of the b and c heptad positions to the stability of coiled coils. Finally, pH dependence and NaCl d...Continue Reading

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