内部摩擦が折り畳みメカニズムに依存していること
Wenwei Zheng1, David De Sancho, Travis Hoppe
1Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 28, 2015
まとめ
タンパク質の折りたたみにおける内部摩擦は,エネルギー障壁の近くのトルション角度の変化,特にヘリックス形成の間に発生します. これは,タンパク質と折り畳み経路の間の摩擦が変化する理由を説明します.
科学分野:
- バイオフィジックス 生物物理学
- コンピュータ生物学 コンピュータ生物学
- タンパク質のダイナミクス
背景:
- 粘度依存の折り畳み率として観察される内部摩擦は,タンパク質の折り畳み動態の重要な側面です.
- 以前のシミュレーションでは,トルションバリアの横断が内部摩擦を引き起こすことを示唆していたが,その変動性は説明できなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- タンパク質の折りたたみにおける内部摩擦の分子起源を解明する.
- 内部摩擦におけるタンパク質特異的および経路依存の変動を説明するために.
主な方法:
- 溶媒粘度が異なる全原子分子ダイナミクスシミュレーション.
- 折り畳み反応速度を決定するための移行経路サンプリング.
- 折り畳みダイナミクスの分析のためのマルコフ状態モデル.
主要な成果:
- 内摩擦は,ヘリックス形成を含む折り畳み経路では,ヘアピン形成と比較して大幅に高くなります.
- 折りたたむ自由エネルギー障壁の近くのトルションアングルの再配置が内部摩擦の源として特定されました.
- シミュレーション結果は,粘度依存の実験的観測と一致しています.
結論:
- タンパク質の折りたたみにおける内部摩擦は,バリアを横断する際に重要なトルション角度の変化の必要性と機械的に関連しています.
- これは,異なるタンパク質と折りたたむ景観の間の内部摩擦の異質性に対する分子説明を提供します.
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