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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 125, 期 45, 页码 12401-12412出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05820
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- National Institute of Health (NIH) [R01-GM115761]
- NIGMS/NIH [T32GM140995]
- U.S. DOE Office of Science [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
This perspective discusses the integration of experimental signals with molecular dynamics models to refine protein ensemble structures. It explores the use of experimental restraints in disordered protein systems and proposes strategies to find kinetic pathways between refined structures.
Proteins have been found to inhabit a diverse set of three-dimensional structures. The dynamics that govern protein interconversion between structures happen over a wide range of time scales-picoseconds to seconds. Our understanding of protein functions and dynamics is largely reliant upon our ability to elucidate physically populated structures. From an experimental structural characterization perspective, we are often limited to measuring the ensemble-averaged structure both in the steady-state and time-resolved regimes. Generating kinetic models and understanding protein structure-function relationships require atomistic knowledge of the populated states in the ensemble. In this Perspective, we present ensemble refinement methodologies that integrate time-resolved experimental signals with molecular dynamics models. We first discuss integration of experimental structural restraints to molecular models in disordered protein systems that adhere to the principle of maximum entropy for creating a complete set of ensemble structures. We then propose strategies to find kinetic pathways between the refined structures, using time-resolved inputs to guide molecular dynamics trajectories and the use of inference to generate tailored stimuli to prepare a desired ensemble of protein states.
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