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    Area of Science:

    • Computational Biology
    • Structural Biology
    • Biophysics

    Background:

    • Accurate protein structure prediction is crucial for understanding biological function.
    • AlphaFold 2 excels at predicting single ground-state protein structures but is limited in predicting conformational dynamics.
    • Predicting conformational landscapes and mutation-induced changes remains a challenge.

    Approach:

    • We adapted AlphaFold 2 to predict relative populations of protein conformations.
    • Subsampling multiple sequence alignments enabled direct prediction of conformational distributions.
    • The method was validated using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) data for Abl1 kinase and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.

    Key Points:

    • The novel approach accurately predicts relative populations of protein conformations.
    • It correctly forecasts changes in these populations upon single point mutations.
    • Validation against NMR experiments showed prediction accuracies exceeding 80% for two distinct proteins.

    Conclusions:

    • This method provides a fast and cost-effective tool for predicting protein conformational ensembles.
    • It offers valuable insights for pharmacology, NMR data analysis, and evolutionary biology.
    • The approach extends the utility of AlphaFold 2 to dynamic protein behavior and mutational effects.