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Functionally specific binding regions of microtubule-associated protein 2c exhibit distinct conformations and dynamics

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MELKOVÁ Kateřina ZAPLETAL Vojtěch JANSEN Séverine NOMILNER Erik ZACHRDLA Milan HRITZ Jozef NOVÁČEK Jiří ZWECKSTETTER M. JENSEN M.R. BLACKLEDGE M. ŽÍDEK Lukáš

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Biological Chemistry
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web http://www.jbc.org/content/early/2018/06/20/jbc.RA118.001769.abstract
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.001769
Keywords NMR relaxation; Tau protein (Tau); microtubule-associated protein (MAP); nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE); protein conformation; small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)
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Description Microtubule-associated protein 2c (MAP2c) is a 49-kDa intrinsically disordered protein regulating the dynamics of microtubules in developing neurons. MAP2c differs from its sequence homologue Tau in the pattern and kinetics of phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). Moreover, the mechanisms through which MAP2c interacts with its binding partners and the conformational changes and dynamics associated with these interactions remain unclear. Here, we used NMR relaxation and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement techniques to determine the dynamics and long-range interactions within MAP2c. The relaxation rates revealed large differences in flexibility of individual regions of MAP2c, with the lowest flexibility observed in the known and proposed binding sites. Quantitative conformational analyses of chemical shifts, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement measurements disclosed that MAP2c regions interacting with important protein partners, including Fyn tyrosine kinase, plectin, and PKA, adopt specific conformations. High populations of polyproline II and alpha-helices were found in Fyn- and plectin-binding sites of MAP2c, respectively. The region binding the regulatory subunit of PKA consists of two helical motifs bridged by a more extended conformation. Of note, although MAP2c and Tau did not differ substantially in their conformations in regions of high sequence identity, we found that they differ significantly in long-range interactions, dynamics, and local conformation motifs in their N-terminal domains. These results highlight that the N-terminal regions of MAP2c provide important specificity to its regulatory roles and indicate a close relationship between MAP2c's biological functions and conformational behavior.
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