Molecular dynamics-based renement and validation with Resolution Exchange MDFF for sub-5 Å cryo-electron microscopy maps
- University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
- University of California, San Francisco, United States
Abstract
Two structure determination methods, based on the molecular dynamics flexible fitting (MDFF) paradigm, are presented that resolve sub-5-Å cryo-electron microscopy (EM) maps with either single structures or ensembles of such structures. The methods, denoted cascade MDFF and resolution exchange MDFF, sequentially re-refine a search model against a series of maps of progressively higher resolutions, which ends with the original experimental resolution. Application of sequential re-refinement enables MDFF to achieve a convergence radius of ~25Å demonstrated with the accurate modeling of β-galactosidase and TRPV1 proteins at 3.2Å and 3.4Å resolution. The MDFF refinements uniquely offer map-model validation and B-factor determination criteria based on the inherent dynamics of the respective macromolecules studied, captured employing local root mean square fluctuations. The MDFF tools are made available to researchers through an easy-to-use and cost-effective cloud computing resource on Amazon Web Services.
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Molecular dynamics-based renement and validation with Resolution Exchange MDFF for sub-5 Å cryo-electron microscopy maps
eLife 5:e16105.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16105
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