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| author | Federico A. Olivieri Marcelo A. Marti Diana E. Wetzler |
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| contents | Phosphorylation Mechanism Switching in Histidine Kinases Is a Tool for Fast Protein Evolution: Insights From AlphaFold Models Federico A. Olivieri Marcelo A. Marti Diana E. Wetzler Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics ABSTRACTHistidine kinases (HKs) are a central part of bacterial environmental‐sensing two‐component systems. They provide their hosts with the ability to respond to a wide range of physical and chemical signals. HKs are multidomain proteins consisting of at least a sensor domain, dimerization and phosphorylation domain (DHp), and a catalytic domain. They work as homodimers and the existence of two different autophosphorylation mechanisms (cis and trans) has been proposed as relevant for pathway specificity. Although several HKs have been intensively studied, a precise sequence‐to‐structure explanation of why and how either cis or trans phosphorylation occurs is still unavailable nor is there any evolutionary analysis on the subject. In this work, we show that AlphaFold can accurately determine whether an HK dimerizes in a cis or trans structure. By modeling multiple HKs we show that both cis‐ and trans‐acting HKs are common in nature and the switch between mechanisms has happened multiple times in the evolutionary history of the family. We then use AlphaFold modeling to explore the molecular determinants of the phosphorylation mechanism. We conclude that it is the difference in lengths of the helices surrounding the DHp loop that determines the mechanism. We also show that very small changes in these helices can cause a mechanism switch. Despite this, previous evidence shows that for a particular HK the phosphorylation mechanism is conserved. This suggests that the phosphorylation mechanism participates in system specificity and mechanism switching provides these systems with a way to diverge. 10.1002/prot.26708 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
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| spellingShingle | Phosphorylation Mechanism Switching in Histidine Kinases Is a Tool for Fast Protein Evolution: Insights From AlphaFold Models Federico A. Olivieri Marcelo A. Marti Diana E. Wetzler Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics Phosphorylation Mechanism Switching in Histidine Kinases Is a Tool for Fast Protein Evolution: Insights From AlphaFold Models Federico A. Olivieri Marcelo A. Marti Diana E. Wetzler Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics ABSTRACTHistidine kinases (HKs) are a central part of bacterial environmental‐sensing two‐component systems. They provide their hosts with the ability to respond to a wide range of physical and chemical signals. HKs are multidomain proteins consisting of at least a sensor domain, dimerization and phosphorylation domain (DHp), and a catalytic domain. They work as homodimers and the existence of two different autophosphorylation mechanisms (cis and trans) has been proposed as relevant for pathway specificity. Although several HKs have been intensively studied, a precise sequence‐to‐structure explanation of why and how either cis or trans phosphorylation occurs is still unavailable nor is there any evolutionary analysis on the subject. In this work, we show that AlphaFold can accurately determine whether an HK dimerizes in a cis or trans structure. By modeling multiple HKs we show that both cis‐ and trans‐acting HKs are common in nature and the switch between mechanisms has happened multiple times in the evolutionary history of the family. We then use AlphaFold modeling to explore the molecular determinants of the phosphorylation mechanism. We conclude that it is the difference in lengths of the helices surrounding the DHp loop that determines the mechanism. We also show that very small changes in these helices can cause a mechanism switch. Despite this, previous evidence shows that for a particular HK the phosphorylation mechanism is conserved. This suggests that the phosphorylation mechanism participates in system specificity and mechanism switching provides these systems with a way to diverge. 10.1002/prot.26708 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| title | Phosphorylation Mechanism Switching in Histidine Kinases Is a Tool for Fast Protein Evolution: Insights From AlphaFold Models |
| topic | Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics |
| url | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/prot.26708 |