PROTEIN MODELING & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

10/27/97
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PROTEIN MODELING & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

STRUCTURES

COMPARING DIFFERENT STRUCTURES

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Comparison of Experimental Interleukin-1? Structures*

Comparison of X-ray, NMR and Homology Modeled Structures of Pyrococcus furiosus rubredoxin*

HOMOLOGY MODELING

The 5 X-ray Structures of Rubredoxin

HOMOLOGY MODELING APPROACH

Then...

more homology modeling...

D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3 with homologies to D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 marked in RED.

D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3 and D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 ribbon structures.

Why so similar? D. baculatus (Norway 4) Cytochrome c3 and D. vulgaris (Miyazaki) c3 hemes.

What describes a Structure?

X, Y, Z positions of atoms

Size of atoms (extent) What defines it?*

Are atoms symmetric?*

Are all like atoms the same?

Electronic configuration

The concepts of Atom Identification

Protein Data Bank Position ID's

COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES

Molecular Mechanics (cont.)....

The MM description

CALCULATIONS FROM THE COORDINATES

CALCULATIONS FROM COORDINATES, CHARACTERISTICS & PREFERENCES

Molecular surfaces

A contact surface

Coulombic potential

Dot surface colored by potential

Field vector

C3 Heme field vectors

? FORCE FIELD POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR PROTEIN MODELING

Ë A Survey of Programs Available

AMBER and AMBER Related

YETI

CHARMm

ECEPP/2

Tripos 5.2

A Survey & Comparison of Functions

BONDED INTERACTIONS

Bond potential

Bond potentials

Bond angle

Angle calculation

MM2 stretch

Torsion angle

Cross product calculation

AMBER torsion

CHARMm torsion

Other Geometrical Constraints

NON-BONDING INTERACTIONS

MM2, non-bonded

Parameters for "Soft" and "Hard" vdW potentials are typically very different

Electrostatic interactions.

Note on CHARMm

Empirical solvent screening

MM2: dipole-dipole potential

Hydrogen Bonding.

AMBER & H-bond

CHARMm & H-bond

Author: John E. Wampler

References