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ArticleJournal of chemical theory and computation2022

Protein-Protein Interaction-Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics (PPI-GaMD): Characterization of Protein Binding Thermodynamics and Kinetics.

Jinan Wang, Yinglong Miao

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Article in Journal of chemical theory and computation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jinan WangCenter for Computational Biology and Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0162-212X
Yinglong MiaoCenter for Computational Biology and Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-1395
University of Kansas · US

Funding

Enhanced Sampling of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor-G Protein InteractionsR01GM132572 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MIAO, YINGLONG · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM132572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) play key roles in many fundamental biological processes such as cellular signaling and immune responses. However, it has proven challenging to simulate repetitive protein association and dissociation in order to calculate binding free energies and kinetics of PPIs due to long biological timescales and complex protein dynamics. To address this challenge, we have developed a new computational approach to all-atom simulations of PPIs based on a robust Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics (GaMD) technique. The method, termed "PPI-GaMD", selectively boosts interaction potential energy between protein partners to facilitate their slow dissociation. Meanwhile, another boost potential is applied to the remaining potential energy of the entire system to effectively model the protein's flexibility and rebinding. PPI-GaMD has been demonstrated on a model system of the ribonuclease barnase interactions with its inhibitor barstar. Six independent 2 μs PPI-GaMD simulations have captured repetitive barstar dissociation and rebinding events, which enable calculations of the protein binding thermodynamics and kinetics simultaneously. The calculated binding free energies and kinetic rate constants agree well with the experimental data. Furthermore, PPI-GaMD simulations have provided mechanistic insights into barstar binding to barnase, which involves long-range electrostatic interactions and multiple binding pathways, being consistent with previous experimental and computational findings of this model system. In summary, PPI-GaMD provides a highly efficient and easy-to-use approach for binding free energy and kinetics calculations of PPIs.

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Molecular Dynamics SimulationKineticsProtein BindingStatic ElectricityThermodynamics

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