Enhanced conformational sampling method for proteins based on the TaBoo SeArch algorithm : application to the folding of a mini-protein, chignolin

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 36(2015), 10 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 763-72
1. Verfasser: Harada, Ryuhei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Takano, Yu, Shigeta, Yasuteru
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't conformational sampling conformational transitions extractions of biologically rare events massively parallel computing structural predictions Oligopeptides chignolin
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Zusammenfassung:© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The conformational samplings are indispensible for obtaining reliable canonical ensembles, which provide statistical averages of physical quantities such as free energies. However, the samplings of vast conformational space of biomacromolecules by conventional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations might be insufficient, due to their inadequate accessible time-scales for investigating biological functions. Therefore, the development of methodologies for enhancing the conformational sampling of biomacromolecules still remains as a challenging issue in computational biology. To tackle this problem, we newly propose an efficient conformational search method, which is referred as TaBoo SeArch (TBSA) algorithm. In TBSA, an inverse energy histogram is used to select seeds for the conformational resampling so that states with high frequencies are inhibited, while states with low frequencies are efficiently sampled to explore the unvisited conformational space. As a demonstration, TBSA was applied to the folding of a mini-protein, chignolin, and automatically sampled the native structure (Cα root mean square deviation < 1.0 Å) with nanosecond order computational costs started from a completely extended structure, although a long-time 1-µs normal MD simulation failed to sample the native structure. Furthermore, a multiscale free energy landscape method based on the conformational sampling of TBSA were quantitatively evaluated through free energy calculations with both implicit and explicit solvent models, which enable us to find several metastable states on the folding landscape
Beschreibung:Date Completed 28.10.2015
Date Revised 10.03.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.23854