2000
Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core
Koide S, Huang X, Link K, Koide A, Bu Z, Engelman D. Design of single-layer β-sheets without a hydrophobic core. Nature 2000, 403: 456-460. PMID: 10667801, DOI: 10.1038/35000255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-layer β-sheetΒ-sheetHydrophobic coreΒ-sheet segmentsProtein foldingHydrogen-deuterium exchangeOuter surface protein AΒ-sheet structureChemical denaturationSmall-angle X-rayProtein AFoldingMain thermodynamic driving forceSurface protein ABorrelia burgdorferiNuclear magnetic resonanceThermodynamic driving forceMisfoldingNonpolar moietiesHydrophobic effectSolvent resultsProteinAdjacent unitsDenaturationVariants
1999
The Length of the Flexible SNAREpin Juxtamembrane Region Is a Critical Determinant of SNARE-Dependent Fusion
McNew J, Weber T, Engelman D, Söllner T, Rothman J. The Length of the Flexible SNAREpin Juxtamembrane Region Is a Critical Determinant of SNARE-Dependent Fusion. Molecular Cell 1999, 4: 415-421. PMID: 10518222, DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80343-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAntigens, SurfaceCarrier ProteinsMembrane FusionMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNerve Tissue ProteinsPliabilityProlineProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombinant ProteinsR-SNARE ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25Syntaxin 1Vesicular Transport ProteinsConceptsJuxtamembrane regionMembrane fusionSNARE-dependent membrane fusionSNARE-dependent fusionHelix-breaking proline residueSNARE proteinsTransmembrane domainSyntaxin 1ACoil domainProline residuesFlexible linkerLipid bilayersCritical determinantFusion efficiencyFusionVAMPDomainProteinRate of fusionSnareVesiclesResiduesLinkerSame changesRegionMultistep Denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a Protein Containing a Single-Layer β-Sheet †
Koide S, Bu Z, Risal D, Pham T, Nakagawa T, Tamura A, Engelman D. Multistep Denaturation of Borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a Protein Containing a Single-Layer β-Sheet †. Biochemistry 1999, 38: 4757-4767. PMID: 10200164, DOI: 10.1021/bi982443+.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolution small-angle X-ray scatteringChemical shift differencesSingle-layer β-sheetSignificant kinetic barrierSmall-angle X-ray scatteringHeteronuclear NMR spectroscopyDifferential scanning calorimetryNMR spectroscopyRadius of gyrationX-ray scatteringDenaturation reactionNMR measurementsShift differencesKinetic barrierRigid moleculesScanning calorimetrySAXS measurementsΒ-sheetCooperative transitionReactionLys residuesBorrelia burgdorferi OspANative proteinBeta-sheet segmentThermal denaturation reaction
1998
A solution SAXS study of borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single‐layer β‐sheet
Bu Z, Engelman D, Koide S. A solution SAXS study of borrelia burgdorferi OspA, a protein containing a single‐layer β‐sheet. Protein Science 1998, 7: 2681-2683. PMID: 9865964, PMCID: PMC2143892, DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrystal structureSingle-layer β-sheetPredominant solution conformationEarlier NMR studiesAngle X-ray Scattering StudySmall-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) studiesRadius of gyrationNMR studiesSolution conformationX-ray scattering studyStable structureSAXS experimentΒ-sheetLocal structureGlobal conformationScattering StudyUnusual structureBorrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein ABeta topologyConformationBorrelia burgdorferi OspAC-terminal domainSingle layerStructureNMR