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- The yeast protein Sic1 undergoes complex interactions with the Cdc4 subunit of an SCF ubiquitin ligase through multisite phosphorylation, influencing cell cycle transitions.
- Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy was employed to analyze the conformational dynamics of the disordered Sic1 N-terminal region under various ionic conditions, revealing multiple conformational states dependent on salt concentrations.
- The findings suggest significant intrachain electrostatic repulsions shape the conformational behavior of Sic1, highlighting the importance of electrostatic interactions in the structure of intrinsically disordered proteins.
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The yeast cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Sic1 is a disordered protein that, upon multisite phosphorylation, forms a dynamic complex with the Cdc4 subunit of an SCF ubiquitin ligase. To understand the multisite phosphorylation dependence of the Sic1:Cdc4 interaction, which ultimately leads to a sharp cell cycle transition, the conformational properties of the disordered Sic1 N-terminal targeting region were studied using single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy. Multiple conformational populations with different sensitivities to charge screening were identified by performing experiments in nondenaturing salts and ionic denaturants. Both the end-to-end distance and the hydrodynamic radius decrease monotonically with increasing the salt concentration, and a rollover of the chain dimensions in high denaturant conditions is observed. The data were fit to the polyelectrolyte binding-screening model, yielding parameters such as the excluded volume of the uncharged chain and the binding constant to denaturant. An overall scaling factor of ∼1.2 was needed for fitting the data, which implies that Sic1 cannot be approximated by a random Gaussian chain. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy reveals Sic1 structure fluctuations occurring on both fast (10-100 ns) and slow (∼10 ms) time scales, with the fast phase absent in low salt solutions. The results of this study provide direct evidence that long-range intrachain electrostatic repulsions are a significant factor for the conformational landscape of Sic1, and support the role of electrostatics in determining the overall shape and hydrodynamic properties of intrinsically disordered proteins.
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