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Protein evolution within a structural space.

Eric J Deeds1, Nikolay V Dokholyan, Eugene I Shakhnovich

  • 1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

Biophysical Journal
|October 29, 2003
PubMed
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This study models protein structural evolution using lattice polymers. Findings suggest that while lattice structures often form random graphs, a divergent evolution model can replicate the scale-free networks seen in real protein structures.

Area of Science:

  • Computational biology
  • Structural bioinformatics
  • Molecular evolution

Background:

  • Understanding protein structure evolution is crucial for molecular evolution.
  • The impact of protein structural space on evolution requires elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how protein structural space influences protein structural evolution.
  • To model protein structural evolution using lattice polymers.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a structural comparison measure for lattice structures, analogous to real protein comparisons.
  • Constructed a graph of lattice structures based on structural similarity.
  • Compared lattice structure graphs to graphs of real protein structures.
  • Developed a divergent evolution model on lattice space.

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Main Results:

  • Graphs of compact lattice structures and random subgraphs exhibited random graph properties.
  • The divergent evolution model, within specific parameters, recapitulated scale-free behavior observed in real protein structure graphs.

Conclusions:

  • Lattice polymer models provide insights into the evolutionary dynamics of protein structures.
  • The study demonstrates a potential mechanism for the emergence of scale-free networks in protein structural evolution.