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Structure Prediction of Domain Insertion Proteins from Structures of Individual Domains Export

Structure, Vol. 16, No. 4. (8 April 2008), pp. 513-527.

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Summary Multidomain proteins continue to be a major challenge in protein structure prediction. Here we present a Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm, implemented within Rosetta, to predict the structure of proteins in which one domain is inserted into another. Three MC moves combine rigid-body and loop movements to search the constrained conformation by structure disruption and subsequent repair of chain breaks. Local searches find that the algorithm samples and recovers near-native structures consistently. Further global searches produced top-ranked structures within 5 A in 31 of 50 cases in low-resolution mode, and refinement of top-ranked low-resolution structures produced models within 2 A in 21 of 50 cases. Rigid-body orientations were often correctly recovered despite errors in linker conformation. The algorithm is broadly applicable to de novo structure prediction of both naturally occurring and engineered domain insertion proteins.


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