TY - JOUR
T1 - The PCNA interaction motifs revisited
T2 - thinking outside the PIP-box
AU - Prestel, Andreas
AU - Wichmann, Nanna
AU - Martins, Joao M.
AU - Marabini, Riccardo
AU - Kassem, Noah
AU - Broendum, Sebastian S.
AU - Otterlei, Marit
AU - Nielsen, Olaf
AU - Willemoës, Martin
AU - Ploug, Michael
AU - Boomsma, Wouter
AU - Kragelund, Birthe B.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a cellular hub in DNA metabolism and a potential drug target. Its binding partners carry a short linear motif (SLiM) known as the PCNA-interacting protein-box (PIP-box), but sequence-divergent motifs have been reported to bind to the same binding pocket. To investigate how PCNA accommodates motif diversity, we assembled a set of 77 experimentally confirmed PCNA-binding proteins and analyzed features underlying their binding affinity. Combining NMR spectroscopy, affinity measurements and computational analyses, we corroborate that most PCNA-binding motifs reside in intrinsically disordered regions, that structure preformation is unrelated to affinity, and that the sequence-patterns that encode binding affinity extend substantially beyond the boundaries of the PIP-box. Our systematic multidisciplinary approach expands current views on PCNA interactions and reveals that the PIP-box affinity can be modulated over four orders of magnitude by positive charges in the flanking regions. Including the flanking regions as part of the motif is expected to have broad implications, particularly for interpretation of disease-causing mutations and drug-design, targeting DNA-replication and -repair.
AB - Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a cellular hub in DNA metabolism and a potential drug target. Its binding partners carry a short linear motif (SLiM) known as the PCNA-interacting protein-box (PIP-box), but sequence-divergent motifs have been reported to bind to the same binding pocket. To investigate how PCNA accommodates motif diversity, we assembled a set of 77 experimentally confirmed PCNA-binding proteins and analyzed features underlying their binding affinity. Combining NMR spectroscopy, affinity measurements and computational analyses, we corroborate that most PCNA-binding motifs reside in intrinsically disordered regions, that structure preformation is unrelated to affinity, and that the sequence-patterns that encode binding affinity extend substantially beyond the boundaries of the PIP-box. Our systematic multidisciplinary approach expands current views on PCNA interactions and reveals that the PIP-box affinity can be modulated over four orders of magnitude by positive charges in the flanking regions. Including the flanking regions as part of the motif is expected to have broad implications, particularly for interpretation of disease-causing mutations and drug-design, targeting DNA-replication and -repair.
U2 - 10.1007/s00018-019-03150-0
DO - 10.1007/s00018-019-03150-0
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31134302
SN - 1420-682X
VL - 76
SP - 4923
EP - 4943
JO - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
JF - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
IS - 24
ER -