Modeling Perturbations in Protein Filaments at the Micro and Meso Scale Using NAMD and PTools/Heligeom

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TitleModeling Perturbations in Protein Filaments at the Micro and Meso Scale Using NAMD and PTools/Heligeom
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2021
AuthorsBoyer B., Laurent B., Robert C.H, Prevost C.
JournalBio-protocol
Volume11
Paginatione4097
Abstract

Protein filaments are dynamic entities that respond to external stimuli by slightly or substantially modifying the internal binding geometries between successive protomers. This results in overall changes in the filament architecture, which are difficult to model due to the helical character of the system. Here, we describe how distortions in RecA nucleofilaments and their consequences on the filament-DNA and bound DNA-DNA interactions at different stages of the homologous recombination process can be modeled using the PTools/Heligeom software and subsequent molecular dynamics simulation with NAMD. Modeling methods dealing with helical macromolecular objects typically rely on symmetric assemblies and take advantage of known symmetry descriptors. Other methods dealing with single objects, such as MMTK or VMD, do not integrate the specificities of regular assemblies. By basing the model building on binding geometries at the protomer-protomer level, PTools/Heligeom frees the building process from a priori knowledge of the system topology and enables irregular architectures and symmetry disruption to be accounted for. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4097

URLwww.bioprotocol.org/e4097
DOI10.21769/BioProtoc.4097
Citation Key2021|2155