Absence of a Stable Secondary Structure Is Not a Limitation for Photoswitchable Inhibitors of β-Arrestin/β-Adaptin 2 Protein-Protein Interaction
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Highlights
- •Azobenzene is linked to a peptide from β-arrestin interacting with β-adaptin 2
- •Photoswitchable inhibitors of the β-arrestin/β-adaptin interaction are obtained
- •Design factors used are coupling position and span and non-proteinogenic amino acids
- •Flexible structures make better photocontrolled inhibitors of this interaction
Summary
Many protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are mediated by short, often helical, linear peptides. Molecules mimicking these peptides have been used to inhibit their PPIs. Recently, photoswitchable peptides with little secondary structure have been developed as modulators of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Here we perform a systematic analysis of a series of azobenzene-crosslinked peptides based on a β-arrestin P-long 20-mer peptide (BAP-long) sequence to assess the relevance of secondary structure in their interaction with β-adaptin 2 and to identify the design requirements for photoswitchable inhibitors of PPI (PIPPIs). We observe that flexible structures show a greater inhibitory capacity and enhanced photoswitching ability and that the absence of helical structures in free inhibitor peptide is not a limitation for PIPPI candidates. Therefore, our PIPPIs expand the field of potential inhibitors of PPIs to the wide group of flexible peptides, and we argue against using a stable secondary structure as a sole criterion when designing PIPPI candidates.
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