Conformational Heterogeneity of Cyclosporin A in Cyclophilin 18 Binding

Weilin Lin, Andres Quintero and Yixin Zhang

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: The immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A (CsA) binds to its receptor protein cyclophilin 18 (Cyp18) in two distinct kinetic phases, while the mechanism remains elusive. Stopped-flow measurements coupled with titration and competition experiments were used to investigate the puzzling two-phase process of CsA and Cyp18 interaction. This study leads to the dissection of different conformational fractions of either direct fast binding or slow binding with rate-limiting conformational inter-conversion and the real-time measurement of kon value (8.34 ± 0.22 x106 M-1s-1) in solution. Furthermore, our study indicates that the structure of CsA during dissociation from the protein possesses a distribution of conformations different from those in solution under equilibrium condition.

Date: 2016
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