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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 101, Issue 43, Pages 15330-15334Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0405295101
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A joint analysis of all-atom molecular dynamics (MID) calculations and picosecond time-resolved x-ray structures was performed to gain single-molecule insights into mechanisms of protein function. Ensemble-averaged MD simulations of the L29F mutant of myoglobin after ligand dissociation reproduce the direction, amplitude, and time scales of crystallographically determined structural changes. This close agreement with experiments at comparable resolution in space and time validates the individual MD trajectories. From 1,700 single-molecule trajectories, we identified and structurally characterized a conformational switch that directs dissociated ligands to one of two nearby protein cavities. Subsequent ligand migration proceeds through a network of transiently interconnected internal cavities, with passage between them involving correlated protein-ligand motions. The simulations also suggest how picosecond protein motions modulate the functional dissociation of oxygen and suppress the geminate recombination of toxic carbon monoxide.
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