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Publication Abstract from PubMed

It has been demonstrated that the complex of yeast cytochrome c (Cc) and cytochrome c peroxidase (CcP) exists as a delicate equilibrium between a specific, active state and the non-specific, dynamic encounter state. The ortholog of yeast Cc, horse Cc, binds CcP but forms a much more dynamic complex, as demonstrated by NMR spectroscopy. A single conservative mutation of lysine 13 to arginine reduces the dynamics and enhances the specificity. The crystal structure of the stereospecific complex resembles the yeast Cc-CcP complex. In contrast, the K13A mutation increases the dynamic nature of the complex with CcP, showing that specificity in a redox protein complex can depend on the interactions of a single side chain in the binding interface. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. STRUCTURED DIGITAL ABSTRACT: hCc and yCcP bind by nuclear magnetic resonance (1, 2, 3) hCc and yCcP bind by x-ray crystallography (View interaction).

Engineering specificity in a dynamic protein complex with a single conserved mutation.,Bashir Q, Meulenbroek EM, Pannu NS, Ubbink M FEBS J. 2014 Sep 2. doi: 10.1111/febs.13028. PMID:25180929^[1]

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