Elucidation of transient protein-protein interactions within carrier protein-dependent biosynthesis.

Thomas G Bartholow, Terra Sztain, Ashay Patel, D John Lee, Megan A Young, Ruben Abagyan, Michael D Burkart

Communications biology 2021 Mar 16

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Fatty acid biosynthesis (FAB) is an essential and highly conserved metabolic pathway. In bacteria, this process is mediated by an elaborate network of protein•protein interactions (PPIs) involving a small, dynamic acyl carrier protein that interacts with dozens of other partner proteins (PPs). These PPIs have remained poorly characterized due to their dynamic and transient nature. Using a combination of solution-phase NMR spectroscopy and protein-protein docking simulations, we report a comprehensive residue-by-residue comparison of the PPIs formed during FAB in Escherichia coli. This technique describes and compares the molecular basis of six discrete binding events responsible for E. coli FAB and offers insights into a method to characterize these events and those in related carrier protein-dependent pathways.

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Thomas G Bartholow, Terra Sztain, Ashay Patel, D John Lee, Megan A Young, Ruben Abagyan, Michael D Burkart. Elucidation of transient protein-protein interactions within carrier protein-dependent biosynthesis. Communications biology. 2021 Mar 16;4(1):340