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ArticleBiophysical journal2014

Characterization of protein flexibility using small-angle x-ray scattering and amplified collective motion simulations.

Bin Wen, Junhui Peng, Xiaobing Zuo, Qingguo Gong, Zhiyong Zhang

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Bin WenHefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Junhui PengHefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Xiaobing ZuoAdvanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois.
Qingguo GongHefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China.
Zhiyong ZhangHefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: zzyzhang@ustc.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Large-scale flexibility within a multidomain protein often plays an important role in its biological function. Despite its inherent low resolution, small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) is well suited to investigate protein flexibility and determine, with the help of computational modeling, what kinds of protein conformations would coexist in solution. In this article, we develop a tool that combines SAXS data with a previously developed sampling technique called amplified collective motions (ACM) to elucidate structures of highly dynamic multidomain proteins in solution. We demonstrate the use of this tool in two proteins, bacteriophage T4 lysozyme and tandem WW domains of the formin-binding protein 21. The ACM simulations can sample the conformational space of proteins much more extensively than standard molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Therefore, conformations generated by ACM are significantly better at reproducing the SAXS data than are those from MD simulations.

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Computer SimulationModels, MolecularBacteriophage T4Carrier ProteinsElasticityMolecular Dynamics SimulationMotionMuramidaseNuclear ProteinsProtein ConformationProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsScattering, Small AngleX-Ray DiffractionCarrier ProteinsMuramidaseNuclear ProteinsProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsWBP4 protein, human

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PMID25140431
PMCPMC4142251

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