Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Water-soluble, anionic calix[n]arenes are useful receptors for protein recognition and assembly. For example, sulfonato-calix[8]arene (sclx 8 ) can encapsulate proteins and direct their assembly into porous frameworks. In this work, we turned our attention to an "extended arm" calixarene with 16 phenyl rings. We hypothesized that this larger receptor would have increased capacity for protein masking/encapsulation. A cocrystal structure of p-benzyl-sulfonato-calix[8]arene (b-sclx 8 ) and cytochrome c (cyt c) revealed a surprising assembly. A pseudorotaxane comprising a stack of three b-sclx 8 molecules threaded by polyethylene glycol (PEG) was bound to the protein. The trimeric b-sclx 8 stack, a tubelike structure with a highly charged surface, mediated assembly via a new mode of protein recognition. The calixarene stack presents four hydrophobic grooves, each of which binds to one cyt c by accommodating the N-terminal alpha-helix. This unprecedented binding mode suggests new possibilities for supramolecular protein chemistry.
Noncovalent Protein-Pseudorotaxane Assembly Incorporating an Extended Arm Calix[8]arene with alpha-Helical Recognition Properties.,Mockler NM, Ramberg KO, Guagnini F, Raston CL, Crowley PB Cryst Growth Des. 2021 Mar 3;21(3):1424-1427. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01717. Epub , 2021 Feb 8. PMID:34054353[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
See Also
References
- ↑ Mockler NM, Ramberg KO, Guagnini F, Raston CL, Crowley PB. Noncovalent Protein-Pseudorotaxane Assembly Incorporating an Extended Arm Calix[8]arene with α-Helical Recognition Properties. Cryst Growth Des. 2021 Mar 3;21(3):1424-1427. PMID:34054353 doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01717
