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Gaussian network model revisited: effects of mutation and ligand binding on protein behavior

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The coarse-grained Gaussian network model (GNM), considers only the alpha carbons of the folded protein. Therefore it is not directly applicable to the study of mutation or ligand binding problems where atomic detail is required. This shortcoming is improved by including all atom pairs within the coordination shell of each other into the Kirchoff adjacency matrix. Counting all contacts rather than only alpha carbon contacts diminishes the magnitude of fluctuations in the system. But more importantly, it changes the graph-like connectivity structure, i.e., the Kirchoff adjacency matrix of the protein. This change depends on amino acid type which introduces amino acid specific and position specific information into the classical coarse-grained GNM which was originally modeled in analogy with the phantom network model of rubber elasticity. With this modification, it is now possible to explain the consequences of mutation and ligand binding on residue fluctuations, their pair-correlations and mutual information shared by each pair. We refer to the new model as 'all-atom GNM'. Using examples from published data we show that the all-atom GNM gives B-factors that are in better agreement with experiment, can explain effects of mutation on long range communication in PDZ domains and can predict effects of GDP and GTP binding on the dimerization of KRAS.

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Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing

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Biochemistry and molecular biology, Biophysics

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Physical Biology

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10.1088/1478-3975/ac50ba

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