Prediction of allosteric sites and mediating interactions through bond-to-bond propensities
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Author(s)
Amor, BRC
Schaub, MT
Yaliraki, S
Barahona, M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Allostery is a fundamental mechanism of biological regulation, in which binding of a molecule at a distant location affects the active site of a protein. Allosteric sites provide targets to fine-tune protein activity, yet we lack computational methodologies to predict them. Here we present an efficient graph-theoretical framework to reveal allosteric interactions (atoms and communication pathways strongly coupled to the active site) without a priori information of their location. Using an atomistic graph with energy-weighted covalent and weak bonds, we define a bond-to-bond propensity quantifying the non-local effect of instantaneous bond fluctuations propagating through the protein. Significant interactions are then identified using quantile regression. We exemplify our method with three biologically important proteins: caspase-1, CheY, and h-Ras, correctly predicting key allosteric interactions, whose significance is additionally confirmed against a reference set of 100 proteins. The almost-linear scaling of our method renders it suitable for high-throughput searches for candidate allosteric sites.
Date Issued
2016-08-26
Date Acceptance
2016-07-05
Citation
Nature Communications, 2016, 7, pp.1-13
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Start Page
1
End Page
13
Journal / Book Title
Nature Communications
Volume
7
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Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Grant Number
EP/I017267/1
EP/N014529/1
EP/L015498/1
Subjects
q-bio.BM
physics.bio-ph
physics.data-an
q-bio.QM
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
12477
Date Publish Online
2016-08-26