Abstract:
:The gene V protein of bacteriophage f1 binds to single-stranded nucleic acids and is essential for propagation of phage f1. We tested the function of gene V protein mutants with single amino acid substitutions in two ways: by the ability of the mutant proteins to support phage growth, and by the ability of the mutant proteins, when expressed at high levels, to inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli. The results of the tests were used to identify sites in the protein that are relatively tolerant or intolerant to substitution, where tolerant sites are defined as those where most substitutions do not affect the function of the protein. The two assays generally yielded similar results for the tolerance of sites to substitution. Many sites that are less than 10% exposed to the solvent are relatively intolerant of substitution, with even very conservative substitutions leading to loss of function in some cases such as Ile to Leu at residue 6. Some buried sites such as Ile47 are more tolerant, with even a substitution of Ile to Thr leading to a functional protein based on the ability of the proteins to inhibit the growth of E. coli. Some surface sites in the protein (> 10% exposure to solvent) that are thought to be near the location of bound oligonucleotides, such as Arg16, Val19, Ser20, Arg21, Tyr26, Lys46 and Arg80, are sensitive to substitution. Other side-chains thought to be close to bound oligonucleotides, including Leu28, can be replaced with a number of amino acids with little loss of function based on either assay. Most non-Gly/Pro surface residues thought to be distant from the locations of bound oligonucleotides are relatively tolerant of substitution, except for two small residues (Ala11 and Thr14), two aromatic residues (Tyr34 and Tyr56), two residues that are only partially exposed to solvent (Asn29 and Val70), and three residues that have been proposed to be at the dimer-dimer interface formed when gene V protein binds to nucleic acids (Glu40, Tyr41 and Arg82).
journal_name
J Mol Bioljournal_title
Journal of molecular biologyauthors
Terwilliger TC,Zabin HB,Horvath MP,Sandberg WS,Schlunk PMdoi
10.1006/jmbi.1994.1165subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-02-18 00:00:00pages
556-71issue
2eissn
0022-2836issn
1089-8638pii
S0022-2836(84)71165-Xjournal_volume
236pub_type
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