Mapping Ligand Binding Landscapes with WExplore

NMR mapping of protein conformational landscapes using coordinated behavior of chemical shifts upon ligand binding.

Proteins exist as an ensemble of conformers that are distributed on free energy landscapes resembling folding funnels. While the most stable conformers populate low energy basins, protein function is often carried out through low-populated conformational states that occupy high energy basins. Ligand binding shifts the populations of these states, changing the distribution of these conformers. U...

Protein free energy landscapes remodeled by ligand binding.

Glucose/galactose binding protein (GGBP) functions in two different larger systems of proteins used by enteric bacteria for molecular recognition and signaling. Here we report on the thermodynamics of conformational equilibrium distributions of GGBP. Three fluorescence components appear at zero glucose concentration and systematically transition to three components at high glucose concentration...

Conformational Dynamics and Energy Landscapes of Ligand Binding in RyR1

Mapping of ligand-binding cavities in proteins.

The complex interactions between proteins and small organic molecules (ligands) are intensively studied because they play key roles in biological processes and drug activities. Here, we present a novel approach to characterize and map the ligand-binding cavities of proteins without direct geometric comparison of structures, based on Principal Component Analysis of cavity properties (related mai...

مطالعه شیمی فیزیکی ساختمان لیزوزیم به روش ligand binding

پروتئینها فراوان تری مولکولهای آلی در بدن جانداران می باشند. آنزیم ها یکی از مهمترین نوع پروتئینهای کروی می باشند که بعضی از فعالیتهای حیات بدانها وابسته است . لیزوزیم اولین آنزیم شناخته شده است . این آنزیم دارای 129 واحد اسید آمینه در زنجیر پلی پپتیدی و چهار پیوند سیستئین درون زنجیری می باشد. لیزوزیم به دلیل دارا بودن اسید آمینه های باردار توان پذیرش بعضی از لیگاندها را دارا می باشد. در این پا...