Article ; Online: Optimising Elastic Network Models for Protein Dynamics and Allostery: Spatial and Modal Cut-offs and Backbone Stiffness.
2022 Volume 434, Issue 17, Page(s) 167696
Abstract: The family of coarse-grained models for protein dynamics known as Elastic Network Models (ENMs) require careful choice of parameters to represent well experimental measurements or fully-atomistic simulations. The most basic ENM that represents each ... ...
| Abstract | The family of coarse-grained models for protein dynamics known as Elastic Network Models (ENMs) require careful choice of parameters to represent well experimental measurements or fully-atomistic simulations. The most basic ENM that represents each protein residue by a node at the position of its C-alpha atom, all connected by springs of equal stiffness, up to a cut-off in distance. Even at this level a choice is required of the optimum cut-off distance and the upper limit of elastic normal modes taken in any sum for physical properties, such as dynamic correlation or allosteric effects on binding. Additionally, backbone-enhanced ENM (BENM) may improve the model by allocating a higher stiffness to springs that connect along the protein backbone. This work reports on the effect of varying these three parameters (distance and mode cutoffs, backbone stiffness) on the dynamical structure of three proteins, Catabolite Activator Protein (CAP), Glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (M pro ). Our main results are: (1) balancing B-factor and dispersion-relation predictions, a near-universal optimal value of 8.5 Å is advisable for ENMs; (2) inhomogeneity in elasticity brings the first mode containing spatial structure not well-resolved by the ENM typically within the first 20; (3) the BENM only affects modes in the upper third of the distribution, and, additionally to the ENM, is only able to model the dispersion curve better in this vicinity; (4) BENM does not typically affect fluctuation-allostery, which also requires careful treatment of the effector binding to the host protein to capture. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Allosteric Regulation ; Coronavirus 3C Proteases/chemistry ; Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein/chemistry ; Elasticity ; Glutathione Transferase/chemistry ; Humans ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Protein Conformation |
| Chemical Substances | Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein ; Glutathione Transferase (EC 2.5.1.18) ; 3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2 (EC 3.4.22.-) ; Coronavirus 3C Proteases (EC 3.4.22.28) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-07-08 |
| Publishing country | Netherlands |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 80229-3 |
| ISSN | 1089-8638 ; 0022-2836 |
| ISSN (online) | 1089-8638 |
| ISSN | 0022-2836 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167696 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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