Cdc42Hs, a member of the Ras superfamily of GTP-binding signal transduction proteins, binds guanine nucleotides, and acts as a molecular-timing switch in multiple signal transduction pathways. The structure of the wild-type protein has been solved (Feltham et al. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 8755-8766), and the backbone dynamics have been characterized by NMR spectroscopy (Loh et al. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 12547-12557). The F28L mutation of Cdc42Hs is characterized by an increased rate of cycling between the GTP and GDP-bound forms leading to cell transformation (Lin et al. (1997) Curr. Biol. 7, 794-797). Here, we describe the backbone dynamics of Cdc42Hs(F28L)-GDP using 1H-15N NMR measurements of T1, T1rho, and steady-state NOE at two magnetic field strengths. Residue-specific values of the generalized order parameters (Ss2 and Sf2), local correlation time (tau(e)), and exchange rate (R(ex)) were obtained using the Lipari-Szabo formalism. Chemical-shift perturbation analysis suggested that very little structural change was evident outside of the nucleotide-binding site. However, residues comprising the nucleotide-binding site, as well as the nucleotide itself, exhibit increased dynamics over a wide range of time scales in Cdc42Hs(F28L) relative to the wild type. In addition to changes in dynamics measured by relaxation methods, hydrogen-deuterium exchange indicated a substantial disruption of the hydrogen-bonding network within the nucleotide-binding site. Thus, local dynamic changes introduced by a single-point mutation can affect important aspects of signaling processes without disrupting the conformation of the whole protein.
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