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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2020

Molecular dynamics simulations of an engineered T4 lysozyme exclude helix to sheet transition, and provide insights into long distance, intra-protein switchable motion.

Laurence Biggers, Hadeer Elhabashy, Edward Ackad, Mohammad S Yousef

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Laurence BiggersDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-8514-9549
Hadeer ElhabashyBiomolecular Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4677-7064
Edward AckadDepartment of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois.ORCID 0000-0002-4896-180X
Mohammad S YousefPremedical Unit, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0492-7658
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology · DESouthern Illinois University Edwardsville · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QA

Funding

Breakthrough Molecular Dynamics Research via an Anton2 SupercomputerR01GM116961 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI BLOOD, PHILIP D. · 2016 to 2023
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116961NIH HHS R01GM116961
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An engineered variant of T4 lysozyme serves as a model for studying induced remote conformational changes in a full protein context. The design involves a duplicated surface helix, flanked by two loops, that switches between two different conformations spanning about 20 Å. Molecular dynamics simulations of the engineered protein, up to 1 μs, rule out α-helix to β-sheet transitions within the duplicated helix as suggested by others. These simulations highlight how the use of different force fields can lead to radical differences in the structure of the protein. In addition, Markov state modeling and transition path theory were employed to map a 6.6 μs simulation for possible early intermediate states and to provide insights into the onset of the switching motion. The putative intermediates involve the folding of one helical turn in the C-terminal loop through energy driven, sequential rearrangement of nearby salt bridges around the key residue Arg63. These results provide a first step towards understanding the energetics and dynamics of a rather complicated intra-protein motion.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationProtein EngineeringBacteriophage T4MuramidaseMutationProtein ConformationMuramidaseMarkov state modelmolecular dynamic simulationsprotein engineeringT4 lysozymetransition path theory

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PMID31702853
PMCPMC6954740
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