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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Effect of the Solvent Temperatures on Dynamics of Serine Protease Proteinase K.

Peng Sang, Qiong Yang, Xing Du, Nan Yang, Li-Quan Yang, Xing-Lai Ji, Yun-Xin Fu, Zhao-Hui Meng, Shu-Qun Liu

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Peng SangLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. speng431@163.com.
Qiong YangLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. yq915702251@163.com.
Xing DuLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. duxingok@gmail.com.
Nan YangLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. yangnan138@163.com.
Li-Quan YangLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. ylqbioinfo@gmail.com.
Xing-Lai JiLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. rich@ynu.edu.cn.
Yun-Xin FuLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. yunxin.fu@uth.tmc.edu.
Zhao-Hui MengLaboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, China. zhhmeng@aliyun.com.
Shu-Qun LiuLaboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China. shuqunliu@gmail.com.
Yunnan University · CNKunming Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To obtain detailed information about the effect of the solvent temperatures on protein dynamics, multiple long molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of serine protease proteinase K with the solute and solvent coupled to different temperatures (either 300 or 180 K) have been performed. Comparative analyses demonstrate that the internal flexibility and mobility of proteinase K are strongly dependent on the solvent temperatures but weakly on the protein temperatures. The constructed free energy landscapes (FELs) at the high solvent temperatures exhibit a more rugged surface, broader spanning range, and higher minimum free energy level than do those at the low solvent temperatures. Comparison between the dynamic hydrogen bond (HB) numbers reveals that the high solvent temperatures intensify the competitive HB interactions between water molecules and protein surface atoms, and this in turn exacerbates the competitive HB interactions between protein internal atoms, thus enhancing the conformational flexibility and facilitating the collective motions of the protein. A refined FEL model was proposed to explain the role of the solvent mobility in facilitating the cascade amplification of microscopic motions of atoms and atomic groups into the global collective motions of the protein.

Indexed as

ThermodynamicsCrystallography, X-RayEndopeptidase KHydrogen BondingModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationSolventsEndopeptidase KSolventsconformational samplingfree energy landscapehierarchical dynamics of proteinssolvent mobility

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PMID26907253
PMCPMC4783983
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