Allostery in Its Many Disguises: From Theory to Applications

Shoshana J. Wodak*, Emanuele Paci, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Igor N. Berezovsky, Amnon Horovitz, Jing Li, Vincent J. Hilser, Ivet Bahar, John Karanicolas, Gerhard Stock, Peter Hamm, Roland H. Stote, Jerome Eberhardt, Yassmine Chebaro, Annick Dejaegere, Marco Cecchini, Jean Pierre Changeux, Peter G. Bolhuis, Jocelyne Vreede, Pietro FaccioliSimone Orioli, Riccardo Ravasio, Le Yan, Carolina Brito, Matthieu Wyart, Paraskevi Gkeka, Ivan Rivalta, Giulia Palermo, J. Andrew McCammon, Joanna Panecka-Hofman, Rebecca C. Wade, Antonella Di Pizio, Masha Y. Niv, Ruth Nussinov, Chung Jung Tsai, Hyunbum Jang, Dzmitry Padhorny, Dima Kozakov, Tom McLeish

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Abstract

Allosteric regulation plays an important role in many biological processes, such as signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, and metabolism. Allostery is rooted in the fundamental physical properties of macromolecular systems, but its underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. A collection of contributions to a recent interdisciplinary CECAM (Center Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) workshop is used here to provide an overview of the progress and remaining limitations in the understanding of the mechanistic foundations of allostery gained from computational and experimental analyses of real protein systems and model systems. The main conceptual frameworks instrumental in driving the field are discussed. We illustrate the role of these frameworks in illuminating molecular mechanisms and explaining cellular processes, and describe some of their promising practical applications in engineering molecular sensors and informing drug design efforts. A collection of contributions to a recent interdisciplinary CECAM (Center Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) workshop offers an insightful overview of the understanding of the mechanistic foundations of allostery, gained from computational and experimental analyses of real protein systems and model systems. Various practical applications are illustrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)566-578
Number of pages13
JournalStructure
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Apr 2019

Keywords

  • Allostery
  • allosteric drugs
  • allosteric material
  • allosteric switches
  • elastic network models
  • energy landscape
  • molecular dynamics
  • protein conformational changes
  • protein function
  • regulation
  • signal transduction

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