1WY4

Chicken villin subdomain HP-35, K65(NLE), N68H, pH5.1

Summary for 1WY4

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb1wy4/pdb
• Related: 1wy3 1yrf 1yri
• Descriptor: Villin, IODIDE ION, SODIUM ION, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: villin headgroup subdomain, structural protein
• Cellular location: Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton : P02640
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 4349.53

Authors

Chiu, T.K.,Kubelka, J.,Herbst-Irmer, R.,Eaton, W.A.,Hofrichter, J.,Davies, D.R. (deposition date: 2005-02-04, release date: 2005-05-03, Last modification date: 2023-11-15)

Primary citation

Chiu, T.K.,Kubelka, J.,Herbst-Irmer, R.,Eaton, W.A.,Hofrichter, J.,Davies, D.R.
High-resolution x-ray crystal structures of the villin headpiece subdomain, an ultrafast folding protein.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa, 102:7517-7522, 2005

PubMed Abstract: The 35-residue subdomain of the villin headpiece (HP35) is a small ultrafast folding protein that is being intensely studied by experiments, theory, and simulations. We have solved the x-ray structures of HP35 and its fastest folding mutant [K24 norleucine (nL)] to atomic resolution and compared their experimentally measured folding kinetics by using laser temperature jump. The structures, which are in different space groups, are almost identical to each other but differ significantly from previously solved NMR structures. Hence, the differences between the x-ray and NMR structures are probably not caused by lattice contacts or crystal/solution differences, but reflect the higher accuracy of the x-ray structures. The x-ray structures reveal important details of packing of the hydrophobic core and some additional features, such as cross-helical H bonds. Comparison of the x-ray structures indicates that the nL substitution produces only local perturbations. Consequently, the finding that the small stabilization by the mutation is completely reflected in an increased folding rate suggests that this region of the protein is as structured in the transition state as in the folded structure. It is therefore a target for engineering to increase the folding rate of the subdomain from approximately 0.5 micros(-1) for the nL mutant to the estimated theoretical speed limit of approximately 3 micros(-1).

PubMed: 15894611
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502495102

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.55 Å)