title: Changes in protein conformational mobility upon activation of extracellular regulated protein kinase-2 as detected by hydrogen exchange.
abstract: Changes in protein mobility accompany changes in conformation during the trans-activation of enzymes; however, few studies exist that validate or characterize this behavior. In this study, amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange/mass spectrometry was used to probe the conformational flexibility of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-2 before and after activation by phosphorylation. The exchange data indicated that extracellular regulated protein kinase-2 activation caused altered backbone flexibility in addition to the conformational changes previously established by x-ray crystallography. The changes in flexibility occurred in regions involved in substrate binding and turnover, suggesting their importance in enzyme regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. ahn@spot.colorado.edu
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hoofnagle
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Resing
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1