Core residue replacements cause coiled-coil orientation switching in vitro and in vivo: structure-function correlations for osmosensory transporter ProP.

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Protein ProP acts as an osmosensory transporter in diverse bacteria. C-Terminal residues 468-497 of Escherichia coli ProP (ProPEc) form a four-heptad homodimeric alpha-helical coiled coil. Arg 488, at a core heptad a position, causes it to assume an antiparallel orientation. Arg in the hydrophobic core of coiled coils is destabilizing, but Arg 488 forms stabilizing interstrand salt bridges with Asp 475 and Asp...

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