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A Protocol for Computer-Based Protein Structure and Function Prediction

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Protein structure refinement using a quantum mechanics-based chemical shielding predictor.

Lars A Bratholm¹, Jan H Jensen¹

¹Department of Chemistry , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark . Email: larsbratholm@gmail.com ; Email: jhjensen@chem.ku.dk ; http://www.twitter.com/janhjensen.

Chemical Science

|April 29, 2017

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Quantum mechanics (QM)-based protein chemical shift prediction now rivals empirical methods after structural refinement. This QM approach, ProCS15, refines protein structures using Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations for improved accuracy.

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Area of Science:

Biophysics
Computational Chemistry
Structural Biology

Background:

Accurate protein chemical shift prediction is crucial for structural biology.
Quantum mechanics (QM)-based methods have historically been less accurate than empirical predictors.
Empirical methods for chemical shift prediction have dominated due to higher accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate that QM-based chemical shift prediction can achieve accuracy comparable to empirical methods.
To present a novel method for refining protein structures using QM-based chemical shift predictions.
To improve the accuracy of protein structure determination and analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilized the ProCS15 QM-based predictor for protein backbone and C-beta chemical shifts.
Employed Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations for structure refinement based on chemical shift data.
Performed simulated annealing and constant temperature MCMC simulations on X-ray crystal structures.

Main Results:

QM-based predictions (ProCS15) achieved comparable accuracy to empirical predictors after structural refinement.
MCMC-based structural refinement reduced chemical shift RMSD for C-alpha and Nitrogen by 1.0 and 0.7 ppm, respectively.
Annealing improved the accuracy of empirical methods, suggesting ProCS15-based refinement enhances protein structures.

Conclusions:

QM-based chemical shift prediction, when combined with structural refinement, is a viable and accurate alternative to empirical methods.
The developed MCMC refinement method effectively utilizes chemical shift data to improve protein structures.
This work paves the way for enhanced accuracy in related computational approaches like QM/MM and analysis of protein dynamics.