Molecular dynamics-based renement and validation with Resolution Exchange MDFF for sub-5 Å cryo-electron microscopy maps

  1. Abhishek singharoy  Is a corresponding author
  2. Ivan Teo
  3. Ryan McGreevy
  4. John E Stone
  5. Jianhua Zhao
  6. Klaus Schulten  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States
  2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
  3. 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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  1. Abhishek singharoy

    Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, United States
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  2. Ivan Teo

    Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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  3. Ryan McGreevy

    Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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  4. John E Stone

    Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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  5. Jianhua Zhao

    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  6. Klaus Schulten

    Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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    kschulte@ks.uiuc.edu
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  1. Abhishek singharoy
  2. Ivan Teo
  3. Ryan McGreevy
  4. John E Stone
  5. Jianhua Zhao
  6. Klaus Schulten
(2016)
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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