GTP- (orange) and GDP-dimers (blue) can be free (no box), MT-cap-bound (dotted box), or integrated into the MT body (solid box). The dimmed states denote energetically unfavored states.
(A) Projection of the set onto the plane constituted by the first and second largest-amplitude conformational modes. Each structure is represented by a point on this plane. Known experimental …
Coordinates of the PDB structures projected onto conformational modes 1 and 2.
Given a set of observations, each being a point on a plane described by only two coordinates (left panel), the method calculates ‘collective’ coordinates on this plane that account for as much of …
Experimental structures are shown as black squares, whereas the simulated ensembles are shown as green (started from straight conformation) or pink (started from kinked conformation) point clouds. …
Coordinates of the merged GTP-tubulin ensemble started from a straight structure (PDB ID: 3JAT, two independent simulations) projected onto conformational modes 1 and 2 (left panel, green).
Coordinates of the merged GTP-tubulin ensemble started from kinked structures (PDB IDs: 5JQG, 5FNV) projected onto conformational modes 1 and 2 (left panel, pink).
Coordinates of the merged GDP-tubulin ensemble started from a straight structure (PDB ID: 3JAS, two independent simulations) projected onto conformational modes 1 and 2 (right panel, green).
Coordinates of the merged GDP-tubulin ensemble started from kinked structures (PDB IDs: 4ZOL, 4ZHQ) projected onto conformational modes 1 and 2 (right panel, pink).
The data are plotted as in Figure 2A,B and Figure 3. Dynamics of the simulated dimers stared from the straight MT conformations (PDB ID: 3JAT and 3JAS) during the -ns equilibration phase are shown …
Experimental structures used for the free simulations are highlighted with gray dashed lines and green (straight structures) and pink squares (kinked structures).
Coordinates of the PDB structures projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GTP).
Coordinates of the merged GTP-tubulin ensemble started from a straight structure (PDB ID: 3JAT, two independent simulations) projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GTP).
Coordinates of the merged GTP-tubulin ensemble started from kinked structures (PDB ID: 5JQG, 5FNV) projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GTP).
Coordinates of the PDB structures projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GDP).
Coordinates of the merged GDP-tubulin ensemble started from a straight structure (PDB ID: 3JAS, two independent simulations) projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GDP).
Coordinates of the merged GDP-tubulin ensemble started from kinked structures (PDB ID: 4ZOL, 4ZHQ) projected onto the ensemble separation and common bending coordinates (GDP).
Given a system with two energy minima in the 2D conformational space (state 1 and 2), the method aims at rotating the coordinate system such that the x-axis coincides with the axis along which the …
With the increasing number of PCA eigenvectors in the search space, the ensemble separation vector becomes independent of the search space dimension. This yields the minimal search space in which …
(A) Molecular representation of the twist-bend and splay-bend tubulin bending motions derived from the TUB and TUB simulated ensembles. The anchor point around the H8 helix is indicated with …
(A) Straight (reference) and kinked tubulin structures aligned by -subunit. The RMSD to the reference increases as the tubulin conformation deviates from the straight conformation, irrespective of …
Smaller (larger) values on the x-axis correspond to straighter (more kinked) dimer conformations. Squares denote the positions of the starting PDB structures in the GTP- (black) and GDP-state (gray) …
Free energy values (second and third columns, mean +/- SD) along the TB bending coordinate (first column) for GTP-tubulin.
Free energy values (second and third columns, mean +/- SD) along the TB bending coordinate (first column) for GDP-tubulin.
Free energy values (second and third columns, mean +/- SD) along the SB bending coordinate (first column) for GTP-tubulin.
Free energy values (second and third columns, mean +/- SD) along the SB bending coordinate (first column) for GDP-tubulin.
(A) Unnormalized individual umbrella histograms, each derived from a restrained simulation of at least 120 ns or longer. (B) Error evaluation using a block average method (Zhu and Hummer, 2012). The …
(A) Collective mode of motion along the ensemble separation RC represented as a linear interpolation between the TUB and TUB simulated ensembles. The largest-amplitude intrinsic rearrangements …
Free energy values (second and third columns, mean +/- SD) along the ensemble separation coordinate (first column).
(A) Unnormalized individual umbrella histograms, each derived from a restrained simulation of at least 120 ns or longer. The region around the barrier at nm was sampled more extensively. (B) …
Here, TB and SB denote not only the different modes of tubulin bending but also the belonging to the respective free energy basin, i.e. anchor point state.