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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2017

Interactive exploration of ligand transportation through protein tunnels.

Katarína Furmanová, Miroslava Jarešová, Jan Byška, Adam Jurčík, Július Parulek, Helwig Hauser, Barbora Kozlíková

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2017. 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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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Katarína FurmanováMasaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Miroslava JarešováMasaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan ByškaMasaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. jan.byska@gmail.com.
Adam JurčíkMasaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Július ParulekUniversity of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Helwig HauserUniversity of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Barbora KozlíkováMasaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Masaryk University · CZUniversity of Bergen · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProtein structures and their interaction with ligands have been in the focus of biochemistry and structural biology research for decades. The transportation of ligand into the protein active site is often complex process, driven by geometric and physico-chemical properties, which renders the ligand path full of jitter and impasses. This prevents understanding of the ligand transportation and reasoning behind its behavior along the path.

resultsTo address the needs of the domain experts we design an explorative visualization solution based on a multi-scale simplification model. It helps to navigate the user to the most interesting parts of the ligand trajectory by exploring different attributes of the ligand and its movement, such as its distance to the active site, changes of amino acids lining the ligand, or ligand "stuckness". The process is supported by three linked views - 3D representation of the simplified trajectory, scatterplot matrix, and bar charts with line representation of ligand-lining amino acids.

conclusionsThe usage of our tool is demonstrated on molecular dynamics simulations provided by the domain experts. The tool was tested by the domain experts from protein engineering and the results confirm that it helps to navigate the user to the most interesting parts of the ligand trajectory and to understand the ligand behavior.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationAmino AcidsCatalytic DomainImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLigandsModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProteinsAmino AcidsLigandsProteinsBioinformatics visualizationComputational proteomicsMolecular visualization

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PMID28251878
PMCPMC5333178
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