Introduction & overview PROTEIN PHYSICS LECTURE 1 Introduction & overview
Globular proteins Membrane proteins Fibrous proteins H-bonds (NH:::OC) & hydrophobic forces
Protein chain (gene-encoded sequence)
PROTEIN HAS DEFINITE 3D STRUCTURE Homologous (closely related) proteins One protein - various crystallization, NMR Secondary structures (a-helices, b-strands) are most conserved structural elements. They form a basis of protein classification
Globular proteins Sequence & Structure Membrane proteins Fibrous proteins H-bonds (NH:::OC) & hydrophobic forces
C A T H Globular domains
CAN FORM ITS UNIQUE 3D STRUCTURE PROTEIN CHAIN CAN FORM ITS UNIQUE 3D STRUCTURE SPONTANEOUSLY IN VITRO
BIND TRANSFORM RELEASE: ENZYMES (chymotrypsin) Note small active site
non-active cat. site active cat. site POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS Sometimes, CHAIN CUT-INDUCED DEFORMATION MAKES ENZYME ACTIVE non-active cat. site active cat. site Chymotripsin Chymotripsinogen
POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS: (especially in eukaryotes): PROTEIN CHAIN CUTS (proteolysis), - SPLICING (inteins) - CYCLIZATION - INTERNAL CHEM. TRANSFORMATION GLYCOSYLATION, etc. MODIFICATION OF ENDS (acetylation, etc.) MODIFICATION OF SIDE CHAINS (S-S bonding, phosphorilation, etc.) COFACTORS …
Different folds with the same active site: Sometimes: Different folds with the same active site: the same biochemical function
COFACTORS: HEME, 2Fe, RNA, … 4-helix bundle COFACTORS: HEME, 2Fe, RNA, … Sometimes: Similar folds with different active sites: different biochemical function
Standard positions of active sites in protein folds
Elementary interactions: PROTEIN PHYSICS LECTURE 2 Elementary interactions: covalent
gene-encoded sequence Protein chain: regular backbone & gene-encoded sequence of side chains
Covalent bond lengths: Protein chain Covalent bond lengths: 0.9 – 1.8 Å Covalent bond angles: 109o – 120o Atom radii: 1 – 2 Å
Side chains
Side chains: L-amino acids Protein chain Side chains: L-amino acids ___ ______ ______ Main-chain peptide group: flat & rigid
backbone- side_chain: Gly asymmetric backbone- side_chain: Ala _L Thr Two asymmetric side chains: Ile
Peptide group: flat & rigid sp2 + p sp2 + p Covalent bonding
Main-chain: f (N-Ca) , y (Ca-C’), w (C’=N) Side-chain: c1, c2, ...
_____________________________________________ Counting angles: 120o 180o 0o _____________________________________________
sp2 - sp2 (w) w = 180o w = 0o
Potentials: from IR spectra of vibrations _____________________________________________ classical Pro sp2 - sp2 (w) All, but Pro sp3 – sp3 (c) C-CH2-CH2-C CH3-CH3 sp2 – sp3 (f, y)