1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
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Emergence and evolution of an interaction between intrinsically disordered proteins

  1. Greta Hultqvist  Is a corresponding author
  2. Emma Åberg
  3. Carlo Camilloni
  4. Gustav N Sundell
  5. Eva Andersson
  6. Jakob Dogan
  7. Celestine N chi
  8. Michele Vendruscolo  Is a corresponding author
  9. Per Jemth  Is a corresponding author
  1. Uppsala University, Sweden
  2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
  3. ETH Zürich, Switzerland
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16059
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  1. Greta Hultqvist
  2. Emma Åberg
  3. Carlo Camilloni
  4. Gustav N Sundell
  5. Eva Andersson
  6. Jakob Dogan
  7. Celestine N chi
  8. Michele Vendruscolo
  9. Per Jemth
(2017)
Emergence and evolution of an interaction between intrinsically disordered proteins
eLife 6:e16059.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16059
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Abstract

Protein-protein interactions involving intrinsically disordered proteins are important for cellular function and common in all organisms. However, it is not clear how such interactions emerge and evolve on a molecular level. We performed phylogenetic reconstruction, resurrection and biophysical characterization of two interacting disordered protein domains, CID and NCBD. CID appeared after the divergence of protostomes and deuterostomes 450-600 million years ago, while NCBD was present in the protostome/deuterostome ancestor. The most ancient CID/NCBD formed a relatively weak complex (Kd~5 μM). At the time of the first vertebrate-specific whole genome duplication the affinity had increased (Kd~200 nM) and was maintained in further speciation. Experiments together with molecular modeling using NMR chemical shifts suggest that new interactions involving intrinsically disordered proteins may evolve via a low affinity complex which is optimized by modulating direct interactions as well as dynamics, while tolerating several potentially disruptive mutations.

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  1. Greta Hultqvist

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  2. Emma Åberg

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  3. Carlo Camilloni

    Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  4. Gustav N Sundell

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  5. Eva Andersson

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  6. Jakob Dogan

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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  7. Celestine N chi

    Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-4154-2378

  8. Michele Vendruscolo

    Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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    mv245@cam.ac.uk
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  9. Per Jemth

    Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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    Per.Jemth@imbim.uu.se
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-1516-7228

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  • Per Jemth

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Jeffery W Kelly, The Scripps Research Institute, United States

Version history

  1. Received: March 15, 2016
  2. Accepted: March 28, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: April 11, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: May 5, 2017 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: February 12, 2018 (version 3)

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© 2017, Hultqvist et al.

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  1. Greta Hultqvist
  2. Emma Åberg
  3. Carlo Camilloni
  4. Gustav N Sundell
  5. Eva Andersson
  6. Jakob Dogan
  7. Celestine N chi
  8. Michele Vendruscolo
  9. Per Jemth
(2017)
Emergence and evolution of an interaction between intrinsically disordered proteins
eLife 6:e16059.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16059

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