A study of collective atomic fluctuations and cooperativity in the U1A-RNA complex based on molecular dynamics simulations.
Journal of Structural Biology(2007)
摘要
Cooperative interactions play an important role in recognition and binding in macromolecular systems. In this study, we find that cross-correlated atomic fluctuations can be used to identify cooperative networks in a protein–RNA system. The dynamics of the RRM-containing protein U1A–stem loop 2 RNA complex have been calculated theoretically from a 10ns molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The simulation was analyzed by calculating the covariance matrix of all atomic fluctuations. These matrix elements are then presented in the form of a two-dimensional grid, which displays fluctuations on a per residue basis. The results indicate the presence of strong, selective cross-correlated fluctuations throughout the RRM in U1A–RNA. The atomic fluctuations correspond well with previous biophysical studies in which a multiplicity of cooperative networks have been reported and indicate that the various networks identified in separate individual experiments are fluctuationally correlated into a hyper-network encompassing most of the RRM. The calculated results also correspond well with independent results from a statistical covariance analysis of 330 aligned RRM sequences. This method has significant implications as a predictive tool regarding cooperativity in the protein–nucleic acid recognition process.
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关键词
Cooperativity,Cooperative network,Cross-correlation,Collective atomic fluctuations,U1A,Protein–RNA recognition,Molecular dynamics
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