Bridging non-overlapping reads illuminates high-order epistasis between distal protein sites in a GPCR

Justin I. Yoo, Patrick S. Daugherty and Michelle A. O’Malley ()
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Justin I. Yoo: University of California Santa Barbara
Patrick S. Daugherty: University of California Santa Barbara
Michelle A. O’Malley: University of California Santa Barbara

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Epistasis emerges when the effects of an amino acid depend on the identities of interacting residues. This phenomenon shapes fitness landscapes, which have the power to reveal evolutionary paths and inform evolution of desired functions. However, there is a need for easily implemented, high-throughput methods to capture epistasis particularly at distal sites. Here, we combine deep mutational scanning (DMS) with a straightforward data processing step to bridge reads in distal sites within genes (BRIDGE). We use BRIDGE, which matches non-overlapping reads to their cognate templates, to uncover prevalent epistasis within the binding pocket of a human G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) yielding variants with 4-fold greater affinity to a target ligand. The greatest functional improvements in our screen result from distal substitutions and substitutions that are deleterious alone. Our results corroborate findings of mutational tolerance in GPCRs, even in conserved motifs, but reveal inherent constraints restricting tolerated substitutions due to epistasis.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14495-7

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