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A branch and bound algorithm for protein structure refinement from sparse NMR data sets.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9917406     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We describe new methods for predicting protein tertiary structures to low resolution given the specification of secondary structure and a limited set of long-range NMR distance constraints. The NMR data sets are derived from a realistic protocol involving completely deuterated 15N and 13C-labeled samples. A global optimization method, based upon a modification of the alphaBB (branch and bound) algorithm of Floudas and co-workers, is employed to minimize an objective function combining the NMR distance restraints with a residue-based protein folding potential containing hydrophobicity, excluded volume, and van der Waals interactions. To assess the efficacy of the new methodology, results are compared with benchmark calculations performed via the X-PLOR program of Brünger and co-workers using standard distance geometry/molecular dynamics (DGMD) calculations. Seven mixed alpha/beta proteins are examined, up to a size of 183 residues, which our methods are able to treat with a relatively modest computational effort, considering the size of the conformational space. In all cases, our new approach provides substantial improvement in root-mean-square deviation from the native structure over the DGMD results; in many cases, the DGMD results are qualitatively in error, whereas the new method uniformly produces high quality low-resolution structures. The DGMD structures, for example, are systematically non-compact, which probably results from the lack of a hydrophobic term in the X-PLOR energy function. These results are highly encouraging as to the possibility of developing computational/NMR protocols for accelerating structure determination in larger proteins, where data sets are often underconstrained.
Authors:
D M Standley; V A Eyrich; A K Felts; R A Friesner; A E McDermott
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of molecular biology     Volume:  285     ISSN:  0022-2836     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Mol. Biol.     Publication Date:  1999 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-03-01     Completed Date:  1999-03-01     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985088R     Medline TA:  J Mol Biol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1691-710     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Simulation, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms*
Databases, Factual
Disulfides / chemistry
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
Models, Molecular
Protein Conformation
Proteins / chemistry*
Thermodynamics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM52018/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; GM52091/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Disulfides; 0/Proteins

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