Publications [#330216] of Michael J. Therien

Papers Published

1. Polizzi, NF; Wu, Y; Lemmin, T; Maxwell, AM; Zhang, S-Q; Rawson, J; Beratan, DN; Therien, MJ; DeGrado, WF, De novo design of a hyperstable non-natural protein-ligand complex with sub-Å accuracy., Nature chemistry, vol. 9 no. 12 (December, 2017), pp. 1157-1164
   (last updated on 2024/04/19)

   Abstract:
   Protein catalysis requires the atomic-level orchestration of side chains, substrates and cofactors, and yet the ability to design a small-molecule-binding protein entirely from first principles with a precisely predetermined structure has not been demonstrated. Here we report the design of a novel protein, PS1, that binds a highly electron-deficient non-natural porphyrin at temperatures up to 100 °C. The high-resolution structure of holo-PS1 is in sub-Å agreement with the design. The structure of apo-PS1 retains the remote core packing of the holoprotein, with a flexible binding region that is predisposed to ligand binding with the desired geometry. Our results illustrate the unification of core packing and binding-site definition as a central principle of ligand-binding protein design.