<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel."^^ . "The (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel domain consists of eight topologically equivalent supersecondary structural motifs known as beta/alpha-units. Each unit consists of a single beta-strand, an alpha-helix, and two loops. Evidence collected in recent years indicates that the (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel motif may not be a single, autonomously-folding domain, as was previously assumed. Segments of some (beta/alpha)(8)-barrels appear to fold autonomously. However, the extent to which this is true of various (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel domains remains to be explored. In this study, we have scrambled (reshuffled) the native order of beta/alpha-units (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8) comprising the polypeptide chain of a model (beta/alpha)(8)-barrel from S. cerevisiae, triosephosphate isomerase (TIM). Total scrambling was effected in order to examine whether folding can still occur to yield beta/alpha-structures in spite of a global 'destruction' of native hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions among beta/alpha-units, while still allowing the occurrence of native interactions within individual units. Our results demonstrate that scrambled full-barrel forms (2-4-6-8-1-3-5-7 and 1-3-5-7-2-4-6-8), as well as half-barrel (2-4-6-8) and quarter-barrel (1-3) forms of TIM fold into beta/alpha-structures that sustain tertiary and quaternary structural interactions. In particular, one variant (2-4-6-8-1-3-5-7) was found to fold and form a stable dimer with native-like structural content and other characteristics. Our results demonstrate that (beta/alpha)(8)-barrels can tolerate profound alterations of both strand-strand interactions responsible for the creation of the beta-barrel and the geometry of presentation of nonpolar sidechains into the hydrophobic core of the beta-barrel by individual beta-strands. These findings lend support to our recent proposal1 that a hierarchy of interactions probably regulates structure formation and stability in (beta/alpha)(8)-barrels, where folding proceeds successively through three stages: (i) the tentative formation of individual beta/alpha-units which associate through 'near-neighbor' diffusion-collision interactions into (ii) curved assemblies of multiple beta/alpha-units through sequence-independent hydrogen bonding of strands of neighboring units, leading finally to (iii) the association of curved (quarter/half-barrel) assemblies around a common hydrophobic core through packing interactions that remain plastic and amenable to change."^^ . "2004-05-15" . . "55" . "3" . . "Wiley"^^ . . . "Proteins"^^ . . . "10970134" . . . . . . . . . . "Anshuman"^^ . "Shukla"^^ . "Anshuman Shukla"^^ . . "Purnananda"^^ . "Guptasarma"^^ . "Purnananda Guptasarma"^^ . . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "Folding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel. (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #215 \n\nFolding of beta/alpha-unit scrambled forms of S. cerevisiae triosephosphate isomerase: Evidence for autonomy of substructure formation and plasticity of hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions in core of (beta/alpha)8-barrel.\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "QR Microbiology"@en . .