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ArticleProteins2015

Prediction of stability changes upon mutation in an icosahedral capsid.

Samuel J Hickman, James F Ross, Emanuele Paci

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Article in Proteins, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel J HickmanAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
James F RossAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Emanuele PaciAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
University of Leeds · GBInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying the contributions to thermodynamic stability of capsids is of fundamental and practical importance. Here we use simulation to assess how mutations affect the stability of lumazine synthase from the hyperthermophile Aquifex aeolicus, a T = 1 icosahedral capsid; in the simulations the icosahedral symmetry of the capsid is preserved by simulating a single pentamer and imposing crystal symmetry, in effect simulating an infinite cubic lattice of icosahedral capsids. The stability is assessed by estimating the free energy of association using an empirical method previously proposed to identify biological units in crystal structures. We investigate the effect on capsid formation of seven mutations, for which it has been experimentally assessed whether they disrupt capsid formation or not. With one exception, our approach predicts the effect of the mutations on the capsid stability. The method allows the identification of interaction networks, which drive capsid assembly, and highlights the plasticity of the interfaces between subunits in the capsid.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationMutationProtein ConformationBacteriaBacterial ProteinsComputational BiologyEnzyme StabilityHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMultienzyme ComplexesProtein Structure, SecondaryThermodynamics6,7-dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine synthaseBacterial ProteinsMultienzyme Complexescapsidsfree energy of associationlumazine synthasemodelingprotein engineeringself-assemblysimulationstability

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PMID26178267
PMCPMC4737204
OpenAlexW1957169532

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