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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Correlating enzymatic reactivity for different substrates using transferable data-driven collective variables.

Sudip Das, Umberto Raucci, Rui P P Neves, Maria J Ramos, Michele Parrinello

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. 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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  6. The role of fluctuations in the nucleation process.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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Sudip DasAtomistic Simulation Research Line, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova GE 16152, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-449X
Umberto RaucciAtomistic Simulation Research Line, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova GE 16152, Italy.
Rui P P NevesLaboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal.
Maria J RamosLaboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto 4169-007, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7554-8324
Michele ParrinelloAtomistic Simulation Research Line, Italian Institute of Technology, Genova GE 16152, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6550-3272

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Machine learning (ML) is transforming the investigation of complex biological processes. In enzymatic catalysis, one significant challenge is identifying the reactive conformations (RC) of the enzyme:substrate complex where the substrate assumes a precise arrangement in the active site necessary to initiate a reaction. Traditional methods are hindered by the complexity of the multidimensional free energy landscape involved in the transition from nonreactive to reactive conformations. Here, we applied ML techniques to address this challenge, focusing on human pancreatic α-amylase, a crucial enzyme in type-II diabetes treatment. Using ML-based collective variables (CVs), we correlated the probability of being in a RC with the experimental catalytic activity of several malto-oligosaccharide substrates. Our findings demonstrate a remarkable transferability of these CVs across various compounds, significantly streamlining the modeling process and reducing both computational demand and manual intervention in setting up simulations for new substrates. This approach not only advances our understanding of enzymatic processes but also holds substantial potential for accelerating drug discovery by enabling rapid and accurate evaluation of drug efficacy across different generations of inhibitors.

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Machine LearningCatalytic DomainHumansOligosaccharidesPancreatic alpha-AmylasesProtein ConformationSubstrate SpecificityOligosaccharidesPancreatic alpha-Amylasesactive site and substrate pre-organizationenzyme catalysisglycolysismachine learning-based collective variablestransfer learning

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PMID39589882
PMCPMC11626191

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