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ArticleBiophysical chemistry2017

Simulated pressure denaturation thermodynamics of ubiquitin.

Elizabeth A Ploetz, Paul E Smith

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Article in Biophysical chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 authors.

Elizabeth A PloetzDepartment of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, 1212 Mid Campus Dr. North, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-0401, United States.
Paul E SmithDepartment of Chemistry, 213 CBC Building, 1212 Mid Campus Dr. North, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-0401, United States. Electronic address: pesmith@ksu.edu.

Funding

Residue Based Contributions to Protein Stability and AssociationR01GM118719 · NIGMS · KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, PAUL E · 2016 to 2019
$1.1M
Organellar pH shifts in Alzheimer's disease from simulation & experimentF32AG048690 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PLOETZ, ELIZABETH ANNE · 2015 to 2016
$95k
NIA NIH HHS F32 AG048690NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM118719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simulations of protein thermodynamics are generally difficult to perform and provide limited information. It is desirable to increase the degree of detail provided by simulation and thereby the potential insight into the thermodynamic properties of proteins. In this study, we outline how to analyze simulation trajectories to decompose conformation-specific, parameter free, thermodynamically defined protein volumes into residue-based contributions. The total volumes are obtained using established methods from Fluctuation Solution Theory, while the volume decomposition is new and is performed using a simple proximity method. Native and fully extended ubiquitin are used as the test conformations. Changes in the protein volumes are then followed as a function of pressure, allowing for conformation-specific protein compressibility values to also be obtained. Residue volume and compressibility values indicate significant contributions to protein denaturation thermodynamics from nonpolar and coil residues, together with a general negative compressibility exhibited by acidic residues.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationPressureProtein DenaturationProtein StabilityThermodynamicsUbiquitinUbiquitinDenatured state ensembleKirkwood-Buff theoryMolecular dynamics simulationsProtein foldingSolvationStatistical mechanics

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PMID28576277
PMCPMC5656550

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