Relation between native ensembles and experimental structures of proteins.

R. B. Best, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, M. A. DePristo, M. VEndruscolo

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Abstract

Different experimental structures of the same protein or of proteins with high sequence similarity contain many small variations. Here we construct ensembles of "high-sequence similarity Protein Data Bank" (HSP) structures and consider the extent to which such ensembles represent the structural heterogeneity of the native state in solution. We find that different NMR measurements probing structure and dynamics of given proteins in solution, including order parameters, scalar couplings, and residual dipolar couplings, are remarkably well reproduced by their respective high-sequence similarity Protein Data Bank ensembles; moreover, we show that the effects of uncertainties in structure determination are insufficient to explain the results. These results highlight the importance of accounting for native-state protein dynamics in making comparisons with ensemble-averaged experimental data and suggest that even a modest number of structures of a protein determined under different conditions, or with small variations in sequence, capture a representative subset of the true native-state ensemble.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftProceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America
Vol/bind103
Udgave nummer29
Sider (fra-til)10901-6
ISSN0027-8424
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2006

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