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Luchko, Tyler.

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Molecular modelling of protein-protein/protein-solvent interactions.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Molecular modelling of protein-protein/protein-solvent interactions./
Author:	Luchko, Tyler.
Description:	177 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-02, Section: B, page: 1096.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-02B.
Subject:	Molecular physics. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR46369
ISBN:	9780494463697

Molecular modelling of protein-protein/protein-solvent interactions.
Luchko, Tyler.

Molecular modelling of protein-protein/protein-solvent interactions. - 177 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-02, Section: B, page: 1096.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta (Canada), 2008.

The inner workings of individual cells are based on intricate networks of protein-protein interactions. However, each of these individual protein interactions requires a complex physical interaction between proteins and their aqueous environment at the atomic scale. In this thesis, molecular dynamics simulations are used in three theoretical studies to gain insight at the atomic scale about protein hydration, protein structure and tubulin-tubulin (protein-protein) interactions, as found in microtubules. Also presented, in a fourth project, is a molecular model of solvation coupled with the Amber molecular modelling package, to facilitate further studies without the need of explicitly modelled water.

ISBN: 9780494463697Subjects--Topical Terms:

3174737
Molecular physics.

Molecular modelling of protein-protein/protein-solvent interactions.
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520 $a The inner workings of individual cells are based on intricate networks of protein-protein interactions. However, each of these individual protein interactions requires a complex physical interaction between proteins and their aqueous environment at the atomic scale. In this thesis, molecular dynamics simulations are used in three theoretical studies to gain insight at the atomic scale about protein hydration, protein structure and tubulin-tubulin (protein-protein) interactions, as found in microtubules. Also presented, in a fourth project, is a molecular model of solvation coupled with the Amber molecular modelling package, to facilitate further studies without the need of explicitly modelled water.
520 $a Basic properties of a minimally solvated protein were calculated through an extended study of myoglobin hydration with explicit solvent, directly investigating water and protein polarization. Results indicate a close correlation between polarization of both water and protein and the onset of protein function.
520 $a The methodology of explicit solvent molecular dynamics was further used to study tubulin and microtubules. Extensive conformational sampling of the carboxy-terminal tails of 8-tubulin was performed via replica exchange molecular dynamics, allowing the characterisation of the flexibility, secondary structure and binding domains of the C-terminal tails through statistical analysis methods. Mechanical properties of tubulin and microtubules were calculated with adaptive biasing force molecular dynamics. The function of the M-loop in microtubule stability was demonstrated in these simulations. The flexibility of this loop allowed constant contacts between the protofilaments to be maintained during simulations while the smooth deformation provided a spring-like restoring force. Additionally, calculating the free energy profile between the straight and bent tubulin configurations was used to test the proposed conformational change in tubulin, thought to cause microtubule destabilization. No conformational change was observed but a nucleotide dependent 'softening' of the interaction was found instead, suggesting that an entropic force in a microtubule configuration could be the mechanism of microtubule collapse.
520 $a Finally, to overcome much of the computational costs associated with explicit soIvent calculations, a new combination of molecular dynamics with the 3D-reference interaction site model (3D-RISM) of solvation was integrated into the Amber molecular dynamics package. Our implementation of 3D-RISM shows excellent agreement with explicit solvent free energy calculations. Several optimisation techniques, including a new multiple time step method, provide a nearly 100 fold performance increase, giving similar computational performance to explicit solvent.
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