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View SchemaStructure calculation strategies for helical membrane proteins; a comparison study
| Authors | Ileana Stoica |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | q-bio/0505014 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0505014 |
Abstract
Structure predictions of helical membrane proteins have been designed to take advantage of the structural autonomy of secondary structure elements, as postulated by the two-stage model of Engelman and Popot. In this context, we investigate structure calculation strategies for two membrane proteins with different functions, sizes, aminoacid compositions, and topologies: the glycophorin A homodimer (a paradigm for close inter-helical packing in membrane proteins) and aquaporin (a channel protein). Our structure calculations are based on two alternative folding schemes: a one-step simulated annealing from an extended chain conformation, and a two-step procedure inspired by the grid-search methods traditionally used in membrane protein predictions. In this framework, we investigate rationales for the utilization of sparse NMR data such as distance-based restraints and residual dipolar couplings in structure calculations of helical membrane proteins.
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"abstract": "Structure predictions of helical membrane proteins have been designed to take\nadvantage of the structural autonomy of secondary structure elements, as\npostulated by the two-stage model of Engelman and Popot. In this context, we\ninvestigate structure calculation strategies for two membrane proteins with\ndifferent functions, sizes, aminoacid compositions, and topologies: the\nglycophorin A homodimer (a paradigm for close inter-helical packing in membrane\nproteins) and aquaporin (a channel protein). Our structure calculations are\nbased on two alternative folding schemes: a one-step simulated annealing from\nan extended chain conformation, and a two-step procedure inspired by the\ngrid-search methods traditionally used in membrane protein predictions. In this\nframework, we investigate rationales for the utilization of sparse NMR data\nsuch as distance-based restraints and residual dipolar couplings in structure\ncalculations of helical membrane proteins.",
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"title": "Structure calculation strategies for helical membrane proteins; a comparison study",
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