title: Mapping pathways of allosteric communication in GroEL by analysis of correlated mutations.
abstract: An interesting example of an allosteric protein is the chaperonin GroEL. It undergoes adenosine 5'-triphosphate-induced conformational changes that are reflected in binding of adenosine 5'-triphosphate with positive cooperativity within rings and negative cooperativity between rings. Herein, correlated mutations in chaperonins are analyzed to unravel routes of allosteric communication in GroEL and in its complex with its co-chaperonin GroES. It is shown that analysis of correlated mutations in the chaperonin family can provide information about pathways of allosteric communication within GroEL and between GroEL and GroES. The results are discussed in the context of available structural, genetic, and biochemical data concerning short- and long-range interactions in the GroE system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Itamar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kass
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Horovitz
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D018835:Chaperonin 10 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021122:Protein Subunits; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018835:Chaperonin 10; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D021122:Protein Subunits