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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2008

De novo high-resolution protein structure determination from sparse spin-labeling EPR data.

Nathan Alexander, Marco Bortolus, Ahmad Al-Mestarihi, Hassane Mchaourab, Jens Meiler

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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75 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Whole-Cell Models and Simulations in Molecular Detail.Annual review of cell and developmental biology · 2019
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  20. Identification of a ubiquitin-binding interface using Rosetta and DEER.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nathan AlexanderDepartment of Chemistry, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Marco Bortolus
Ahmad Al-Mestarihi
Hassane Mchaourab
Jens Meiler

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAM AT VANDERBILTT32GM008320 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CHAZIN, WALTER J. · 1989 to 2023
$7.9M
Membrane Protein Structure Elucidation from sparse NMR data (KAMP)R01GM080403 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2007 to 2019
$3.0M
MECHANISMS OF CHAPERONE FUNCTION IN THE LENSR01EY012683 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MCHAOURAB, HASSANE S · 1999 to 2008
$2.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012683NEI NIH HHS R01-EY12683NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080403NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM080403NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008320NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM08320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As many key proteins evade crystallization and remain too large for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy combined with site-directed spin labeling offers an alternative approach for obtaining structural information. Such information must be translated into geometric restraints to be used in computer simulations. Here, distances between spin labels are converted into distance ranges between beta carbons by using a "motion-on-a-cone" model, and a linear-correlation model links spin-label accessibility to the number of neighboring residues. This approach was tested on T4-lysozyme and alphaA-crystallin with the de novo structure prediction algorithm Rosetta. The results demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining highly accurate, atomic-detail models from EPR data by yielding 1.0 A and 2.6 A full-atom models, respectively. Distance restraints between amino acids far apart in sequence but close in space are most valuable for structure determination. The approach can be extended to other experimental techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy, substituted cysteine accessibility method, or mutational studies.

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Electron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyProtein ConformationAlgorithmsalpha-Crystallin A ChainLinear ModelsModels, MolecularMuramidaseProtein FoldingSpin Labelsalpha-Crystallin A ChainMuramidaseSpin Labels

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PMID18275810
PMCPMC2390841

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