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ArticleBiophysical journal2016

Modeling Functional Motions of Biological Systems by Customized Natural Moves.

Samuel Demharter, Bernhard Knapp, Charlotte M Deane, Peter Minary

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Samuel DemharterDepartment of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Bernhard KnappDepartment of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Charlotte M DeaneDepartment of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Peter MinaryDepartment of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: peter.minary@cs.ox.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simulating the functional motions of biomolecular systems requires large computational resources. We introduce a computationally inexpensive protocol for the systematic testing of hypotheses regarding the dynamic behavior of proteins and nucleic acids. The protocol is based on natural move Monte Carlo, a highly efficient conformational sampling method with built-in customization capabilities that allows researchers to design and perform a large number of simulations to investigate functional motions in biological systems. We demonstrate the use of this protocol on both a protein and a DNA case study. Firstly, we investigate the plasticity of a class II major histocompatibility complex in the absence of a bound peptide. Secondly, we study the effects of the epigenetic mark 5-hydroxymethyl on cytosine on the structure of the Dickerson-Drew dodecamer. We show how our customized natural moves protocol can be used to investigate causal relationships of functional motions in biological systems.

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Models, MolecularMonte Carlo MethodMovementDNAEpigenesis, GeneticHLA-DR AntigensNucleic Acid ConformationProtein Conformation, beta-StrandDNAHLA-DR Antigens

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PMID27558715
PMCPMC5002067

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