The use of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in combination with molecular dynamics simulation is hampered by its heavy computational cost. The calculation of SAXS from atomic structures can be speeded up by using a coarse-grain representation of the structure. Following the work of Niebling, Bjorling & Westenhoff [J. Appl. Cryst. (2014), 47, 1190-1198], the Martini bead form factors for nucleic acids have been derived and then implemented, together with those previously determined for proteins, in the publicly available PLUMED library. A hybrid multi-resolution strategy has also been implemented to perform SAXS restrained simulations at atomic resolution by calculating the virtual positions of the Martini beads on the fly and using them for the calculation of SAXS. The accuracy and efficiency of the method are demonstrated by refining the structure of two protein-nucleic acid complexes. Instrumental for this result is the use of metainference, which allows the consideration and alleviation of the approximations at play in the present SAXS calculations.
Martini bead form factors for nucleic acids and their application in the refinement of protein–nucleic acid complexes against SAXS data / C. Paissoni, A. Jussupow, C. Camilloni. - In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1600-5767. - 52:2(2019 Apr), pp. 394-402. [10.1107/S1600576719002450]
Martini bead form factors for nucleic acids and their application in the refinement of protein–nucleic acid complexes against SAXS data
C. Paissoni
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;C. Camilloni
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2019
Abstract
The use of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in combination with molecular dynamics simulation is hampered by its heavy computational cost. The calculation of SAXS from atomic structures can be speeded up by using a coarse-grain representation of the structure. Following the work of Niebling, Bjorling & Westenhoff [J. Appl. Cryst. (2014), 47, 1190-1198], the Martini bead form factors for nucleic acids have been derived and then implemented, together with those previously determined for proteins, in the publicly available PLUMED library. A hybrid multi-resolution strategy has also been implemented to perform SAXS restrained simulations at atomic resolution by calculating the virtual positions of the Martini beads on the fly and using them for the calculation of SAXS. The accuracy and efficiency of the method are demonstrated by refining the structure of two protein-nucleic acid complexes. Instrumental for this result is the use of metainference, which allows the consideration and alleviation of the approximations at play in the present SAXS calculations.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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