Conformational Dynamics in Extended RGD-Containing Peptides
- 29 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biomacromolecules
- Vol. 21 (7), 2786-2794
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00506
Abstract
RGD is a prolific example of a tripeptide used in biomaterials for cell adhesion, but the potency of free or surface-bound RGD tripeptide is orders-of-magnitude less than the RGD domain within natural proteins. We designed a set of peptides with varying lengths, composed of fragments of fibronectin protein whose central three residues are RGD, in order to vary their conformational behavior without changing the binding site’s chemical environment. With these peptides, we measure conformational dynamics and transient structure of the active site. Our studies reveal how flanking residues affect conformational behavior and integrin binding. We find that disorder of the binding site is important to the potency of RGD peptides, and that transient hydrogen bonding near the RGD site affects both the energy landscape roughness of the peptides and peptide binding. This phenomenon is independent of longer-range folding interactions, and helps explain why short binding sequences, including RGD itself, do not fully replicate the integrin-targeting properties of extracellular matrix proteins. Our studies reinforce that peptide binding is a holistic event and fragments larger than those directly involved in binding should be considered in design of peptide epitopes for functional biomaterials.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (P41GM103521)
- National Science Foundation (1122374)
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