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ArticleScientific reports2015

Dimeric interactions and complex formation using direct coevolutionary couplings.

Ricardo N dos Santos, Faruck Morcos, Biman Jana, Adriano D Andricopulo, José N Onuchic

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Ricardo N dos SantosCenter for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1827.
Faruck MorcosCenter for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1827.
Biman JanaDepartment of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India.
Adriano D AndricopuloLaboratório de Química Medicinal e Computacional, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Carlos, 13563-120, Brazil.
José N OnuchicCenter for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005-1827.

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Abstract

We develop a procedure to characterize the association of protein structures into homodimers using coevolutionary couplings extracted from Direct Coupling Analysis (DCA) in combination with Structure Based Models (SBM). Identification of dimerization contacts using DCA is more challenging than intradomain contacts since direct couplings are mixed with monomeric contacts. Therefore a systematic way to extract dimerization signals has been elusive. We provide evidence that the prediction of homodimeric complexes is possible with high accuracy for all the cases we studied which have rich sequence information. For the most accurate conformations of the structurally diverse dimeric complexes studied the mean and interfacial RMSDs are 1.95Å and 1.44Å, respectively. This methodology is also able to identify distinct dimerization conformations as for the case of the family of response regulators, which dimerize upon activation. The identification of dimeric complexes can provide interesting molecular insights in the construction of large oligomeric complexes and be useful in the study of aggregation related diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.

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DimerizationEvolution, MolecularModels, GeneticMolecular Docking SimulationAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBinding SitesComputer SimulationMolecular Sequence DataMultiprotein ComplexesProtein BindingProtein ConformationProteinsSequence Analysis, ProteinMultiprotein ComplexesProteins

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PMID26338201
PMCPMC4559900

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