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The C‐terminal domain of transcription factor RfaH: Folding, fold switching and energy landscape
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Biopolymers, 2021-10, Vol.112 (10), p.e23420-n/a
Ort / Verlag
Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
We simulate the folding and fold switching of the C‐terminal domain (CTD) of the transcription factor RfaH using an all‐atom physics‐based model augmented with a dual‐basin structure‐based potential energy term. We show that this hybrid model captures the essential thermodynamic behavior of this metamorphic domain, that is, a change in the global free energy minimum from an α‐helical hairpin to a 5‐stranded β‐barrel upon the dissociation of the CTD from the rest of the protein. Using Monte Carlo sampling techniques, we then analyze the energy landscape of the CTD in terms of progress variables for folding toward the two folds. We find that, below the folding transition, the energy landscape is characterized by a single, dominant funnel to the native β‐barrel structure. The absence of a deep funnel to the α‐helical hairpin state reflects a negligible population of this fold for the isolated CTD. We observe, however, a higher α‐helix structure content in the unfolded state compared to results from a similar but fold switch‐incompetent version of our model. Moreover, in folding simulations started from an extended chain conformation we find transiently formed α‐helical structure, occurring early in the process and disappearing as the chain progresses toward the thermally stable β‐barrel state.