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Energy strain in three-dimensional protein structures

V Maiorov1, R Abagyan

  • 1Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.

Folding & Design
|August 26, 1998
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Detecting steric strain in protein structures using detailed energy functions can identify errors. This method refines models and highlights potentially incorrect polypeptide chain fragments.

Area of Science:

  • Structural Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Steric strain in protein 3D structures arises from unfavorable inter-atomic interactions.
  • This strain can stem from packing, functional needs, or structural coordinate errors.
  • Traditional energy functions are often too noisy for reliable error detection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a sensitive method for detecting errors in protein structures using energy functions.
  • To analyze the energy distribution of amino acid residues in high-resolution protein models.
  • To validate the approach across various protein structure origins.

Main Methods:

  • Applied a full-atom, detailed energy function after short energy refinement.
  • Calculated statistics of amino acid residue energy distributions in crystal structures.

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  • Normalized residue energy deviations to identify strained, potentially incorrect regions.
  • Compared structures from X-ray crystallography, NMR, theoretical models, and decoys.

    • Main Results:

    • A refined detailed energy function effectively detects errors in protein structures.
    • Normalized energy deviations pinpoint strained polypeptide chain fragments.
    • The method demonstrated sensitivity across diverse protein structure types.
    • Applications shown in loop and homology modeling.

    Conclusions:

    • Elevated energy strain indicates problematic protein structure fragments, whether experimental or theoretical.
    • This approach aids in model building, refinement, homology modeling, protein design, folding calculations, and structure analysis.