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4 | Proteins: Structure, Function, Folding

© 2013 W. H. Freeman and Company

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CHAPTER 4 Proteins: Structure, Function, Folding

– Structure and properties of the peptide bond– Structural hierarchy in proteins– Structure and function of fibrous proteins– Structure analysis of globular proteins– Protein folding and denaturation

Learning goals: 

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Structure of Proteins

• Unlike most organic polymers, protein molecules adopt a specific three‐dimensional conformation.  

• This structure is able to fulfill a specific biological function

• This structure is called the native fold• The native fold has a large number of favorable interactions within the protein

• There is a cost in conformational entropy of folding the protein into one specific native fold

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Favorable Interactions in Proteins

• Hydrophobic effect– Release of water molecules from the structured solvation layer around 

the molecule as protein folds increases the net entropy

• Hydrogen bonds– Interaction of N‐H and C=O of the peptide bond leads to local regular 

structures such as ‐helices and ‐sheets

• London dispersion – Medium‐range weak attraction between all atoms contributes 

significantly to the stability in the interior of the protein

• Electrostatic interactions– Long‐range strong interactions between permanently charged groups– Salt‐bridges, esp. buried in the hydrophobic environment strongly 

stabilize the protein

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4 Levels of Protein Structure

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Structure of the Peptide Bond

• Structure of the protein is partially dictated by the properties of the peptide bond

• The peptide bond is a resonance hybrid of two canonical structures 

• The resonance causes the peptide bonds

– to be less reactive compared to esters, for example

– to be quite rigid and nearly planar 

– to exhibit a large dipole moment in the favored trans configuration

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Resonance in the Peptide Bond

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The Rigid Peptide Plane and the Partially Free Rotations

• Rotation around the peptide bond is not permitted• Rotation around bonds connected to the alpha carbon is permitted  

• (phi): angle around the ‐carbon—amide nitrogen bond 

• (psi): angle around the -carbon—carbonyl carbon bond

• In a fully extended polypeptide, both  and  are 180°

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The polypeptide is made up of a series of planes linked at α carbons

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• Some and combinations are very unfavorable because of steric crowding of backbone atoms with other atoms in the backbone or side chains 

• Some and  combinations are more favorable because of chance to form favorable H‐bonding interactions along the backbone 

• A Ramachandran plot shows the distribution of  and dihedral angles that are found in a protein

• shows the common secondary structure elements

• reveals regions with unusual backbone structure

Distribution of  and  Dihedral Angles

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Ramachandran Plot

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Secondary Structures• Secondary structure refers to a local spatial arrangement of the polypeptide backbone

• Two regular arrangements are common: • The helix

– stabilized by hydrogen bonds between nearby residues

• The  sheet– stabilized by hydrogen bonds between adjacent segments that may not be nearby 

• Irregular arrangement of the polypeptide chain is called the random coil 

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The  Helix

• Helical backbone is held together by hydrogen bonds between the backbone amides of an n and n+4 amino acids

• Right‐handed helix with 3.6 residues (5.4 Å) per turn• Peptide bonds are aligned roughly parallel with the helical axis

• Side chains point out and are roughly perpendicular with the helical axis

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What is a right‐handed helix?

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The  Helix: Top View

• The inner diameter of the helix (no side chains) is about 4–5 Å• Too small for anything to fit “inside”

• The outer diameter of the helix (with side chains) is 10–12 Å• Happens to fit well into the major groove of dsDNA

• Residues 1 and 8 align nicely on top of each other• What kind of sequence gives an  helix with one hydrophobic face?

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Sequence affects helix stability

• Not all polypeptide sequences adopt ‐helical structures

• Small hydrophobic residues such as Ala and Leu are strong helix formers

• Pro acts as a helix breaker because the rotation around the N‐Ca bond is impossible

• Gly acts as a helix breaker because the tiny R‐group supports other conformations

• Attractive or repulsive interactions between side chains 3–4 amino acids apart will affect formation

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The Helix Dipole

• Recall that the peptide bond has a strong dipole moment– Carbonyl O negative– Amide H positive

• All peptide bonds in the  helix have a similar orientation

• The  helix has a large macroscopic dipole moment• Negatively charged residues often occur near the positive end of the helix dipole

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Sheets

• The planarity of the peptide bond and tetrahedral geometry of the ‐carbon create a pleated sheet‐likestructure

• Sheet‐like arrangement of backbone is held together by hydrogen bonds between the backbone amides in different strands

• Side chains protrude from the sheet alternating in up and down direction

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Parallel and Antiparallel  Sheets

• Parallel or antiparallel orientation of two chains within a sheet are possible

• In parallel sheets the H‐bonded strands run in the same direction– Resulting in bent H‐bonds (weaker)

• In antiparallel  sheets the H‐bonded strands run in opposite directions– Resulting in linear H‐bonds (stronger)

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Slide 25

AH2 Not sure I placed the red box in the correct placeHug, Alyssa-Rae, 10/26/2012

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Turns• turns occur frequently whenever strands in  sheets change the direction  

• The 180° turn is accomplished over four amino acids• The turn is stabilized by a hydrogen bond from a carbonyl oxygen to amide proton three residues down the sequence

• Proline in position 2 or glycine in position 3 are common in  turns

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Proline Isomers

• Most peptide bonds not involving proline are in the trans configuration (>99.95%)  

• For peptide bonds involving proline, about 6% are in the cis configuration.  Most of this 6% involve β‐turns

• Proline isomerization is catalyzed by proline isomerases

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Circular Dichroism (CD) Analysis

• CD measures the molar absorption difference  of left‐and right‐circularly polarized light:  = L – R

• Chromophores in the chiral environment produce characteristic signals

• CD signals from peptide bonds depend on the chain conformation

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•Tertiary structure refers to the overall spatial arrangement of atoms in a protein

•Stabilized by numerous weak interactions between amino acid side chains. Largely hydrophobic and polar interactions Can be stabilized by disulfide bonds

• Interacting amino acids are not necessarily next to each other in the primary sequence.  

•Two major classes– Fibrous and globular (water or lipid soluble)

Protein Tertiary Structure

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Fibrous Proteins

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Water‐Soluble Globular Proteins

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Fibrous Proteins: From Structure to Function

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Structure of ‐Keratin in Hair

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Chemistry of Permanent Waving

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Structure of Collagen• Collagen is an important constituent of connective tissue: tendons, cartilage, bones, cornea of the eye 

• Each collagen chain is a long Gly‐ and Pro‐rich left‐handed helix

• Three collagen chains intertwine into a right‐handed superhelical triple helix

• The triple helix has higher tensile strength than a steel wire of equal cross section

• Many triple‐helices assemble into a collagen fibril

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H32AH4

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Slide 41

H32 insert figure 4-12Heather, 6/28/2012

AH4 This caption and figure already appeared on Slide 34.Hug, Alyssa-Rae, 10/26/2012

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Collagen Fibrils

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• Forces the proline ring into a favorable pucker

• Offer more hydrogen bonds between the three strands of collagen  

• The post‐translational processing is catalyzed by prolyl hydroxylase and requires α‐ketoglutarate, molecular oxygen, and ascorbate (vitamin C)

4‐Hydroxyproline in Collagen

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Vitamin C in prolyl 4‐hydroxylase restores Fe2+ state

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Silk Fibroin

• Fibroin is the main protein in silk from moths and spiders

• Antiparallel  sheet structure  

• Small side chains (Ala and Gly) allow the close packing of sheets

• Structure is stabilized by

– hydrogen bonding within sheets

– London dispersion interactions between sheets

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Spider Silk

• Used for webs, egg sacks, and wrapping the prey

• Extremely strong material– stronger than steel– can stretch a lot before breaking

• A composite material– crystalline parts (fibroin‐rich)– rubber‐like stretchy parts

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Motifs (folds)

• Specific arrangement of several secondary structure elements– All alpha‐helix– All beta‐sheet– Both

• Motifs can be found as reoccurring structures in numerous proteins

• Proteins are made of different motifs folded together

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H4 insert figure 4-20a and b and insert figure legend in notesHeather, 6/28/2012

AH5 4-20c included--crop?Hug, Alyssa-Rae, 10/26/2012

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Quaternary Structure• Quaternary structure is formed by the assembly of individual polypeptides into a larger functional cluster

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Protein Structure Methods: X‐Ray Crystallography

Steps needed• Purify the protein• Crystallize the protein• Collect diffraction data• Calculate electron density• Fit residues into density

Pros• No size limits• Well‐established

Cons• Difficult for membrane proteins• Cannot see hydrogens

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Structure Methods: Biomolecular NMR

Steps needed• Purify the protein• Dissolve the protein• Collect NMR data• Assign NMR signals• Calculate the structurePros• No need to crystallize the protein• Can see many hydrogensCons• Difficult for insoluble proteins• Works best with small proteins

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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins• Contain protein segments that lack definable structure

• Composed of amino acids whose higher concentration forces less‐defined structure – Lys, Arg, Glu, and Pro

• Disordered regions can conform to many different proteins, facilitating interaction with numerous different partner proteins  

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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

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ProteostasisMaintenance of cellular protein activity is accomplished by the coordination of many different pathways.

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Protein Stability and Folding• A protein’s function depends on its 3D‐structure

• Loss of structural integrity with accompanying loss of activity is called denaturation

• Proteins can be denatured by: 

• heat or cold

• pH extremes 

• organic solvents

• chaotropic agents: urea and guanidinium hydrochloride

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• Ribonuclease is a small protein that contains 8 cysteines linked via four disulfide bonds

• Urea in the presence of 2‐mercaptoethanol fully denatures ribonuclease

• When urea and 2‐mercaptoethanol are removed, the protein spontaneously refolds, and the correct disulfide bonds are reformed   

• The sequence alone determines the native conformation

• Quite “simple” experiment, but so important it earned Chris Anfinsen the 1972 Chemistry Nobel Prize

Ribonuclease Refolding Experiment

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How can proteins fold so fast?

• Proteins fold to the lowest‐energy fold in the microsecond to second time scales.  How can they find the right fold so fast?

• It is mathematically impossible for protein folding to occur by randomly trying every conformation until the lowest‐energy one is found (Levinthal’s paradox)

• Search for the minimum is not random because the direction toward the native structure is thermodynamically most favorable

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H43AH6

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Slide 67

H43 insert figure 4-29a and bHeather, 6/28/2012

AH6 4-29 c and d included--crop?Hug, Alyssa-Rae, 10/26/2012

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Proteins folding follow a distinct path

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Chaperones prevent misfolding 

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Chaperonins facilitate folding

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Protein misfolding is the basis of numerous human diseases

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Chapter 4: Summary

• the two most important secondary structures – helices – sheets

• how properties and function of fibrous proteins are related

• how to determine three‐dimensional structures of proteins

• one of the largest unsolved puzzles in modern biochemistry: how proteins fold

In this chapter, we learned about:


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