Folding kinetics of recognition loop peptides from a photolyase and cryptochrome-DASH

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Matthew A BrolichMelanie A O'Neill

Abstract

Cryptochromes (CRY) and photolyases (PL) use a common flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor and homologous protein scaffold to accomplish numerous, seemingly dissimilar functions. PL repairs UV-damaged DNA in a mechanism requiring light and DNA base flipping. CRY cannot repair DNA, and instead function in core biological processes including plant photomorphogenesis, circadian rhythm, and magnetoreception. One subclass, CRY-DASH, does catalyze repair of single-stranded DNA; compromised base flipping may deactivate its tight binding to duplex DNA substrates. We recently demonstrated that the a "recognition loop" involved in DNA binding by both PL and CRY-DASH is among the most flexible regions in the two proteins, and exhibits especially heightened dynamics in CRY-DASH. Here, we establish that these distinct dynamics are encoded by the loop sequences: we quantify the flexibility of the isolated loop peptides through the kinetics and activation parameters for their folding. Mirroring the dynamics within the proteins, the CRY-DASH recognition loop peptide folds 2.5-fold faster than its counterpart in PL, predominantly due to a lower enthalpy of activation. We propose that these distinct dynamics are functionally significant in DNA r...Continue Reading

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