Membrane Assembly of Simple Helix Homo-Oligomers Studied via Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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2007-02Author
Bu, Lintao
Im, Wonpil
Brooks, Charles L., III
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Elsevier
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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The assembly of simple transmembrane helix homo-oligomers is studied by combining a generalized Born implicit membrane model with replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations to sample the conformational space of various oligomerization states and the native oligomeric conformation. Our approach is applied to predict the structures of transmembrane helices of three proteins—glycophorin A, the M2 proton channel, and phospholamban—using only peptide sequence and the native oligomerization state information. In every case, the methodology reproduces native conformations that are in good agreement with available experimental structural data. Thus, our method should be useful in the prediction of native structures of transmembrane domains of other peptides. When we ignore the experimental constraint on the native oligomerization state and attempt de novo prediction of the structure and oligomerization state based only on sequence and simple energetic considerations, we identify the pentamer as the most stable oligomer for phospholamban. However, for the glycophorin A and the M2 proton channels, we tend to predict higher oligomers as more stable. Our studies demonstrate that reliable predictions of the structure of transmembrane helical oligomers can be achieved when the observed oligomerization state is imposed as a constraint, but that further efforts are needed for the de novo prediction of both structure and oligomeric state.
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Bu, Lintao, Wonpil Im, and Charles L. Brooks. "Membrane Assembly of Simple Helix Homo-Oligomers Studied via Molecular Dynamics Simulations." Biophysical Journal 92.3 (2007): 854-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1529/biophysj.106.095216.
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