Improved technologies now routinely provide protein NMR structures useful for molecular replacement.
Structure. 2011 Jun 8;19(6):757-66
Authors: Mao B, Guan R, Montelione GT
Molecular replacement (MR) is widely used for addressing the phase problem in X-ray crystallography. Historically, crystallographers have had limited success using NMR structures as MR search models. Here, we report a comprehensive investigation of the utility of protein NMR ensembles as MR search models, using data for 25 pairs of X-ray and NMR structures solved and refined using modern NMR methods. Starting from NMR ensembles prepared by an improved protocol, FindCore, correct MR solutions were obtained for 22 targets. Based on these solutions, automatic model rebuilding could be done successfully. Rosetta refinement of NMR structures provided MR solutions for another two proteins. We also demonstrate that such properly prepared NMR ensembles and X-ray crystal structures have similar performance when used as MR search models for homologous structures, particularly for targets with sequence identity >40%.
Combining NMR ensembles and molecular dynamics simulations provides more realistic models of protein structures in solution and leads to better chemical shift prediction
Combining NMR ensembles and molecular dynamics simulations provides more realistic models of protein structures in solution and leads to better chemical shift prediction
Abstract While chemical shifts are invaluable for obtaining structural information from proteins, they also offer one of the rare ways to obtain information about protein dynamics. A necessary tool in transforming chemical shifts into structural and dynamic information is chemical shift prediction. In our previous work we developed a method for 4D prediction of protein 1H chemical shifts in which molecular motions, the...
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[NMR paper] NMR-detected hydrogen exchange and molecular dynamics simulations provide structural
NMR-detected hydrogen exchange and molecular dynamics simulations provide structural insight into fibril formation of prion protein fragment 106-126.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Dec 9;100(25):14790-5
Authors: Kuwata K, Matumoto T, Cheng H, Nagayama K, James TL, Roder H
PrP106-126, a peptide corresponding to residues 107-127 of the human prion protein, induces neuronal cell...
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[NMR paper] A systematic case study on using NMR models for molecular replacement: p53 tetrameriz
A systematic case study on using NMR models for molecular replacement: p53 tetramerization domain revisited.
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Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Dec;56(Pt 12):1535-40
Authors: Chen YW, Clore GM
Molecular replacement using search models derived from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has often proved problematic. It has been known for some time that the overall differences in atomic positions (r.m.s.d.)...
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[NMR paper] Does NMR mean "not for molecular replacement"? Using NMR-based search models to solve
Does NMR mean "not for molecular replacement"? Using NMR-based search models to solve protein crystal structures.
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Structure. 2000 Nov 15;8(11):R213-20
Authors: Chen YW, Dodson EJ, Kleywegt GJ
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[NMR paper] TROSY and CRINEPT: NMR with large molecular and supramolecular structures in solution
TROSY and CRINEPT: NMR with large molecular and supramolecular structures in solution.
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Trends Biochem Sci. 2000 Oct;25(10):462-8
Authors: Riek R, Pervushin K, Wüthrich K
TROSY and CRINEPT are new techniques for solution NMR studies of molecular and supramolecular structures. They allow the collection of high-resolution spectra of structures with molecular weights >100 kDa, significantly extending the range of macromolecular systems that can...
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Constraining Binding Hot Spots: NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Provide a Stru
Constraining Binding Hot Spots: NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Provide a Structural Explanation for Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation in SH2-Ligand Binding.
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J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Aug 18;132(32):11058-70
Authors: Ward JM, Gorenstein NM, Tian J, Martin SF, Post CB
NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to probe the structure and dynamics...
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Constraining Binding Hot Spots: NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Provide a Stru
Constraining Binding Hot Spots: NMR and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Provide a Structural Explanation for Enthalpy−Entropy Compensation in SH2−Ligand Binding
Joshua M. Ward<sup>†</sup>, Nina M. Gorenstein<sup>†</sup>, Jianhua Tian<sup>‡</sup>, Stephen F. Martin<sup>‡</sup> and Carol Beth Post*<sup>†</sup>
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Markey Center for Structural Biology, and Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas,...
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Detection of unrealistic molecular environments in protein structures based on expect
Abstract Understanding the relationship between protein structure and biological function is a central theme in structural biology. Advances are severely hampered by errors in experimentally determined protein structures. Detection and correction of such errors is therefore of utmost importance. Electron densities in molecular structures obey certain rules which depend on the molecular environment. Here we present and discuss a new approach that relates electron densities computed from a structural model to densities expected from prior observations on identical or closely related molecular...