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Programming conformational cooperativity to regulate allosteric protein-oligonucleotide signal transduction

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  • Yuan Liang

    (Peking University
    North China Electric Power University)

  • Yunkai Qie

    (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    GBA Research Innovation Institute for Nanotechnology
    The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University)

  • Jing Yang

    (North China Electric Power University)

  • Ranfeng Wu

    (Peking University)

  • Shuang Cui

    (Peking University)

  • Yuliang Zhao

    (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    GBA Research Innovation Institute for Nanotechnology)

  • Greg J. Anderson

    (Royal Brisbane Hospital)

  • Guangjun Nie

    (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    GBA Research Innovation Institute for Nanotechnology)

  • Suping Li

    (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    GBA Research Innovation Institute for Nanotechnology)

  • Cheng Zhang

    (Peking University)

Abstract

Conformational cooperativity is a universal molecular effect mechanism and plays a critical role in signaling pathways. However, it remains a challenge to develop artificial molecular networks regulated by conformational cooperativity, due to the difficulties in programming and controlling multiple structural interactions. Herein, we develop a cooperative strategy by programming multiple conformational signals, rather than chemical signals, to regulate protein-oligonucleotide signal transduction, taking advantage of the programmability of allosteric DNA constructs. We generate a cooperative regulation mechanism, by which increasing the loop lengths at two different structural modules induced the opposite effects manifesting as down- and up-regulation. We implement allosteric logic operations by using two different proteins. Further, in cell culture we demonstrate the feasibility of this strategy to cooperatively regulate gene expression of PLK1 to inhibit tumor cell proliferation, responding to orthogonal protein-signal stimulation. This programmable conformational cooperativity paradigm has potential applications in the related fields.

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  • Yuan Liang & Yunkai Qie & Jing Yang & Ranfeng Wu & Shuang Cui & Yuliang Zhao & Greg J. Anderson & Guangjun Nie & Suping Li & Cheng Zhang, 2023. "Programming conformational cooperativity to regulate allosteric protein-oligonucleotide signal transduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40589-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40589-z
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