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ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2022

Challenges in describing the conformation and dynamics of proteins with ambiguous behavior.

Joel Roca-Martinez, Tamas Lazar, Jose Gavalda-Garcia, David Bickel, Rita Pancsa, Bhawna Dixit, Konstantina Tzavella, Pathmanaban Ramasamy, Maite Sanchez-Fornaris, Isel Grau and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Joel Roca-MartinezStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Tamas LazarStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Jose Gavalda-GarciaStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
David BickelStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Rita PancsaResearch Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary.
Bhawna DixitStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Konstantina TzavellaStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Pathmanaban RamasamyStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Maite Sanchez-FornarisStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Isel GrauInformation Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Wim F VrankenStructural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.

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Abstract

Traditionally, our understanding of how proteins operate and how evolution shapes them is based on two main data sources: the overall protein fold and the protein amino acid sequence. However, a significant part of the proteome shows highly dynamic and/or structurally ambiguous behavior, which cannot be correctly represented by the traditional fixed set of static coordinates. Representing such protein behaviors remains challenging and necessarily involves a complex interpretation of conformational states, including probabilistic descriptions. Relating protein dynamics and multiple conformations to their function as well as their physiological context (e.g., post-translational modifications and subcellular localization), therefore, remains elusive for much of the proteome, with studies to investigate the effect of protein dynamics relying heavily on computational models. We here investigate the possibility of delineating three classes of protein conformational behavior: order, disorder, and ambiguity. These definitions are explored based on three different datasets, using interpretable machine learning from a set of features, from AlphaFold2 to sequence-based predictions, to understand the overlap and differences between these datasets. This forms the basis for a discussion on the current limitations in describing the behavior of dynamic and ambiguous proteins.

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biophysical characteristicsdeleterious mutationfolding-upon-bindingfold switchingpost-translational modification (PTM)protein dynamics and conformationsequence-based prediction

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PMCPMC9382080

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