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ArticleBioMed research international2017

Comparative Study of Elastic Network Model and Protein Contact Network for Protein Complexes: The Hemoglobin Case.

Guang Hu, Luisa Di Paola, Zhongjie Liang, Alessandro Giuliani

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Article in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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  8. Identification of Allosteric Effects in Proteins by Elastic Network Models.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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Guang HuCenter for Systems Biology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8754-1541
Luisa Di PaolaUnit of Chemical-Physics Fundamentals in Chemical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Zhongjie LiangCenter for Systems Biology, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
Alessandro GiulianiEnvironment and Health Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The overall topology and interfacial interactions play key roles in understanding structural and functional principles of protein complexes. Elastic Network Model (ENM) and Protein Contact Network (PCN) are two widely used methods for high throughput investigation of structures and interactions within protein complexes. In this work, the comparative analysis of ENM and PCN relative to hemoglobin (Hb) was taken as case study. We examine four types of structural and dynamical paradigms, namely, conformational change between different states of Hbs, modular analysis, allosteric mechanisms studies, and interface characterization of an Hb. The comparative study shows that ENM has an advantage in studying dynamical properties and protein-protein interfaces, while PCN is better for describing protein structures quantitatively both from local and from global levels. We suggest that the integration of ENM and PCN would give a potential but powerful tool in structural systems biology.

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Models, BiologicalProtein Interaction MappingAllosteric RegulationComputational BiologyHemoglobinsMultiprotein ComplexesProtein MultimerizationSignal TransductionHemoglobinsMultiprotein Complexes

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