Global transitions of proteins explored by a multiscale hybrid methodology: Application to adenylate kinase
DOI
10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.058
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
10-1-2013
Publication Title
Biophysical Journal
Volume
105
Issue
7
First Page
1643
Last Page
1652
ISSN
63495
Abstract
Efficient and accurate mapping of transition pathways is a challenging problem in allosteric proteins. We propose here a to our knowledge new methodology called collective molecular dynamics (coMD). coMD takes advantage of the collective modes of motions encoded by the fold, simultaneously evaluating the interactions and energetics via a full-atomic MD simulation protocol. The basic approach is to deform the structure collectively along the modes predicted by the anisotropic network model, upon selecting them via a Monte Carlo/Metropolis algorithm from among the complete pool of all accessible modes. Application to adenylate kinase, an allosteric enzyme composed of three domains, CORE, LID, and NMP, shows that both open-to-closed and closed-to-open transitions are readily sampled by coMD, with large-scale motions of the LID dominating. An energy-barrier crossing occurs during the NMP movements. The energy barrier originates from a switch between the salt bridges K136-D118 at the LID-CORE interface and K57-E170 and D33-R156 at the CORE-NMP and LID-NMP interfaces, respectively. Despite its simplicity and computing efficiency, coMD yields ensembles of transition pathways in close accord with detailed full atomic simulations, lending support to its utility as a multiscale hybrid method for efficiently exploring the allosteric transitions of multidomain or multimeric proteins. © 2013 The Authors.
Open Access
Hybrid_Gold
Repository Citation
Gur, M., Madura, J., & Bahar, I. (2013). Global transitions of proteins explored by a multiscale hybrid methodology: Application to adenylate kinase. Biophysical Journal, 105 (7), 1643-1652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.058