ArticlePLoS computational biology2016
Long-Range Signaling in MutS and MSH Homologs via Switching of Dynamic Communication Pathways.
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- Single-trajectory Bayesian modeling reveals multi-state diffusion of the MSH sliding clamp.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026Article
- Prerecognition Diffusion Mechanism of Human DNA Mismatch Repair Proteins along DNA: Msh2-Msh3 versus Msh2-Msh6.Biochemistry · 2020Article
- Investigating the pathogenic SNPs in BLM helicase and their biological consequences by computational approach.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Molecular Mechanism for Attractant Signaling to DHMA by E. coli Tsr.Biophysical journal · 2020Article
- Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Replication and Repair Machinery: Insights from Microscopic Simulations.Advanced theory and simulations · 2019Article
- Evolutionary Covariance Combined with Molecular Dynamics Predicts a Framework for Allostery in the MutS DNA Mismatch Repair Protein.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2017Article
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Abstract
Allostery is conformation regulation by propagating a signal from one site to another distal site. This study focuses on the long-range communication in DNA mismatch repair proteins MutS and its homologs where intramolecular signaling has to travel over 70 Å to couple lesion detection to ATPase activity and eventual downstream repair. Using dynamic network analysis based on extensive molecular dynamics simulations, multiple preserved communication pathways were identified that would allow such long-range signaling. The pathways appear to depend on the nucleotides bound to the ATPase domain as well as the type of DNA substrate consistent with previously proposed functional cycles of mismatch recognition and repair initiation by MutS and homologs. A mechanism is proposed where pathways are switched without major conformational rearrangements allowing for efficient long-range signaling and allostery.
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