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      Conformational fluctuations of UreG, an intrinsically disordered enzyme.

      Biochemistry
      Bacterial Proteins, chemistry, Carrier Proteins, Methanococcaceae, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation

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          UreG proteins are small GTP binding (G) proteins that catalyze the hydrolysis of GTP necessary for the maturation of urease, a virulence factor in bacterial pathogenesis. UreG proteins are the first documented cases of intrinsically disordered enzymes. The comprehension of the dynamics of folding-unfolding events occurring in this protein could shed light on the enzymatic mechanism of UreG. Here, we used the recently developed replica exchange with solute tempering (REST2) computational methodology to explore the conformational space of UreG from Helicobacter pylori (HpUreG) and to identify its structural fluctuations. The same simulation and analysis protocol has been applied to HypB from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (MjHypB), which is closely related to UreG in both sequence and function, even though it is not intrinsically disordered. A comparison of the two systems reveals that both HpUreG and MjHypB feature a substantial rigidity of the protein regions involved in catalysis, justifying its residual catalytic activity. On the other hand, HpUreG tends to unfold more than MjHypB in portions involved in protein-protein interactions with metallochaperones necessary for the formation of multiprotein complexes known to be involved in urease activation.

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          23560717
          10.1021/bi4001744

          Chemistry
          Bacterial Proteins,chemistry,Carrier Proteins,Methanococcaceae,Models, Molecular,Protein Conformation

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