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- Title
Effects of Residual Composition and Distribution on the Structural Characteristics of the Protein.
- Authors
Song, Qiaoling; Wu, Zhenan; Jin, Chenghao; Yu, Zhichao; Xu, Peng; Jiang, Zhouting
- Abstract
The effect of ratio and consecutive number of hydrophobic residues in the repeating unit of protein chains was investigated by MD simulation. The modified off-lattice HNP model was applied in this study. The protein chains constituted by different HNP ratios or different numbers of consecutively hydrophobic residues with the same chain length were simulated under a broad temperature range. We concluded that the proteins with higher ratio or larger number of sequentially hydrophobic residues present more orientated and compact structure under a certain low temperature. It is attributed to the lower non-bonded potential energy between H-H residual pairs, especially more hydrophobic residues in a procession among the protein chain. Considering the microscopic structure of the protein, more residue contacts are achieved with the proteins with higher ratios and sequential H residues under the low temperature. Meanwhile, with the ratio and consecutive number of H residues increasing, the distribution of stem length showed a transition from exponential decline to unimodal and even multiple peaks, indicating the specific ordered structure formed. These results provide an insight into 3D structural properties of proteins from their residue sequences, which has a primary structure at molecular level and, ultimately, a practical possibility of applying in biotechnological applications.
- Subjects
CYTOSKELETAL proteins; MOLECULAR structure; PROTEIN structure; MOLECULAR dynamics; LOW temperatures
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 22, p14263
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms232214263