Using rigidity analysis to probe mutation-induced structural changes in proteins. 2012

Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
Department of Computer Science, 140 Governors Drive, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002, USA.

Predicting the effect of a single amino acid substitution on the stability of a protein structure is a fundamental task in macromolecular modeling. It has relevance to drug design and understanding of disease-causing protein variants. We present KINARI-Mutagen, a web server for performing in silico mutation experiments on protein structures from the Protein Data Bank. Our rigidity-theoretical approach permits fast evaluation of the effects of mutations that may not be easy to perform in vitro, because it is not always possible to express a protein with a specific amino acid substitution. We use KINARI-Mutagen to identify critical residues, and we show that our predictions correlate with destabilizing mutations to glycine. In two in-depth case studies we show that the mutated residues identified by KINARI-Mutagen as critical correlate with experimental data, and would not have been identified by other methods such as Solvent Accessible Surface Area measurements or residue ranking by contributions to stabilizing interactions. We also generate 48 mutants for 14 proteins, and compare our rigidity-based results against experimental mutation stability data. KINARI-Mutagen is available at http://kinari.cs.umass.edu.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D011506 Proteins Linear POLYPEPTIDES that are synthesized on RIBOSOMES and may be further modified, crosslinked, cleaved, or assembled into complex proteins with several subunits. The specific sequence of AMINO ACIDS determines the shape the polypeptide will take, during PROTEIN FOLDING, and the function of the protein. Gene Products, Protein,Gene Proteins,Protein,Protein Gene Products,Proteins, Gene
D000465 Algorithms A procedure consisting of a sequence of algebraic formulas and/or logical steps to calculate or determine a given task. Algorithm
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D019943 Amino Acid Substitution The naturally occurring or experimentally induced replacement of one or more AMINO ACIDS in a protein with another. If a functionally equivalent amino acid is substituted, the protein may retain wild-type activity. Substitution may also diminish, enhance, or eliminate protein function. Experimentally induced substitution is often used to study enzyme activities and binding site properties. Amino Acid Substitutions,Substitution, Amino Acid,Substitutions, Amino Acid
D020407 Internet A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange. World Wide Web,Cyber Space,Cyberspace,Web, World Wide,Wide Web, World
D030562 Databases, Protein Databases containing information about PROTEINS such as AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; and other properties. Amino Acid Sequence Databases,Databases, Amino Acid Sequence,Protein Databases,Protein Sequence Databases,SWISS-PROT,Protein Structure Databases,SwissProt,Database, Protein,Database, Protein Sequence,Database, Protein Structure,Databases, Protein Sequence,Databases, Protein Structure,Protein Database,Protein Sequence Database,Protein Structure Database,SWISS PROT,Sequence Database, Protein,Sequence Databases, Protein,Structure Database, Protein,Structure Databases, Protein

Related Publications

Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
December 1984, Tanpakushitsu kakusan koso. Protein, nucleic acid, enzyme,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
April 2013, Analytical chemistry,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
February 2012, Bone & joint research,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
June 2009, Ultrasonics,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
August 2011, The journal of physical chemistry. B,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
January 1992, Trends in biochemical sciences,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
January 1974, Biofizika,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
July 2007, The Journal of biological chemistry,
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
June 2019, Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany),
Filip Jagodzinski, and Jeanne Hardy, and Ileana Streinu
February 1992, Clinical neuropharmacology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!