Protein Structure along the Order–Disorder Continuum
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Fisher, Charles K.
Stultz, Collin M.
Date Issued
June 2011
Journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
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American Chemical Society
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Fisher, Charles K., and Collin M. Stultz. “Protein Structure Along the Order–Disorder Continuum.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 133.26 (2011): 10022–10025. Web. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
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Abstract
Thermal fluctuations cause proteins to adopt an ensemble of conformations wherein the relative stability of the different ensemble members is determined by the topography of the underlying energy landscape. “Folded” proteins have relatively homogeneous ensembles, while “unfolded” proteins have heterogeneous ensembles. Hence, the labels “folded” and “unfolded” represent attempts to provide a qualitative characterization of the extent of structural heterogeneity within the underlying ensemble. In this work, we introduce an information-theoretic order parameter to quantify this conformational heterogeneity. We demonstrate that this order parameter can be estimated in a straightforward manner from an ensemble and is applicable to both unfolded and folded proteins. In addition, a simple formula for approximating the order parameter directly from crystallographic B factors is presented. By applying these metrics to a large sample of proteins, we show that proteins span the full range of the order–disorder axis.
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Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ja203075p
