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ArticleScientific reports2014

Dynamic void distribution in myoglobin and five mutants.

Yingying Jiang, Serdal Kirmizialtin, Isaac C Sanchez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yingying JiangDepartment of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Serdal KirmizialtinTheoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States.
Isaac C SanchezDepartment of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globular proteins contain cavities/voids that play specific roles in controlling protein function. Elongated cavities provide migration channels for the transport of ions and small molecules to the active center of a protein or enzyme. Using Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics on fully atomistic protein/water models, a new computational methodology is introduced that takes into account the protein's dynamic structure and maps all the cavities in and on the surface. To demonstrate its utility, the methodology is applied to study cavity structure in myoglobin and five of its mutants. Computed cavity and channel size distributions reveal significant differences relative to the wild type myoglobin. Computer visualization of the channels leading to the heme center indicates restricted ligand access for the mutants consistent with the existing interpretations. The new methodology provides a quantitative measure of cavity structure and distributions and can become a valuable tool for the structural characterization of proteins.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProtein Structure, QuaternaryComputational BiologyCrystallography, X-RayMonte Carlo MethodMutationMyoglobinSurface PropertiesThermodynamicsMyoglobin

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PMID24500195
PMCPMC3915302
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