title: Predicting the signaling state of photoactive yellow protein.
abstract: As a bacterial blue light sensor the photoactive yellow protein (PYP) undergoes conformational changes upon signal transduction. The absorption of a photon triggers a series of events that are initially localized around the protein chromophore, extends to encompass the whole protein within microseconds, and leads to the formation of the transient pB signaling state. We study the formation of this signaling state pB by molecular simulation and predict its solution structure. Conventional straightforward molecular dynamics is not able to address this formation process due to the long (microsecond) timescales involved, which are (partially) caused by the presence of free energy barriers between the metastable states. To overcome these barriers, we employed the parallel tempering (or replica exchange) method, thus enabling us to predict qualitatively the formation of the PYP signaling state pB. In contrast to the receptor state pG of PYP, the characteristics of this predicted pB structure include a wide open chromophore-binding pocket, with the chromophore and Glu(46) fully solvent-exposed. In addition, loss of alpha-helical structure occurs, caused by the opening motion of the chromophore-binding pocket and the disruptive interaction of the negatively charged Glu(46) with the backbone atoms in the hydrophobic core of the N-terminal cap. Recent NMR experiments agree very well with these predictions.
authors.affiliation: Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, and van 't Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jocelyne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vreede
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Crielaard
authors.forename: Klaas J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hellingwerf
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bolhuis
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003198:Computer Simulation; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D020607:Halorhodospira halophila / Q000378:metabolism; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008027:Light; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D017785:Photons; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012984:Software; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020283:Photoreceptors, Microbial; C050162:photoactive yellow protein, Bacteria; D014867:Water; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006859:Hydrogen; D010100:Oxygen
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