Statistics and Physical Origins of pK and Ionization State Changes upon Protein-Ligand Binding

dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorAguilar, Borisen
dc.contributor.authorAnandakrishnan, Ramuen
dc.contributor.authorRuscio, Jory Z.en
dc.contributor.authorOnufriev, Alexey V.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessed2014-02-05en
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-26T19:10:03Zen
dc.date.available2014-02-26T19:10:03Zen
dc.date.issued2010-03-01en
dc.description.abstractThis work investigates statistical prevalence and overall physical origins of changes in charge states of receptor proteins upon ligand binding. These changes are explored as a function of the ligand type (small molecule, protein, and nucleic acid), and distance from the binding region. Standard continuum solvent methodology is used to compute, on an equal footing, pK changes upon ligand binding for a total of 5899 ionizable residues in 20 protein-protein, 20 protein-small molecule, and 20 protein-nucleic acid high-resolution complexes. The size of the data set combined with an extensive error and sensitivity analysis allows us to make statistically justified and conservative conclusions: in 60% of all protein-small molecule, 90% of all protein-protein, and 85% of all protein-nucleic acid complexes there exists at least one ionizable residue that changes its charge state upon ligand binding at physiological conditions (pH = 6.5). Considering the most biologically relevant pH range of 4-8, the number of ionizable residues that experience substantial pK changes (Delta pK > 1.0) due to ligand binding is appreciable: on average, 6% of all ionizable residues in protein-small molecule complexes, 9% in protein-protein, and 12% in protein-nucleic acid complexes experience a substantial pK change upon ligand binding. These changes are safely above the statistical false-positive noise level. Most of the changes occur in the immediate binding interface region, where approximately one out of five ionizable residues experiences substantial pK change regardless of the ligand type. However, the physical origins of the change differ between the types: in protein-nucleic acid complexes, the pK values of interface residues are predominantly affected by electrostatic effects, whereas in protein-protein and protein-small molecule complexes, structural changes due to the induced-fit effect play an equally important role. In protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid complexes, there is a statistically significant number of substantial pK perturbations, mostly due to the induced-fit structural changes, in regions far from the binding interface.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health R01-GM076121en
dc.identifier.citationAguilar, Boris; Anandakrishnan, Ramu; Ruscio, Jory Z.; et al., "Statistics and Physical Origins of pK and Ionization State Changes upon Protein-Ligand Binding," Biophysical Journal 98(5), 872-880 (2010); doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.016en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.016en
dc.identifier.issn0006-3495en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/25763en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006349509017445en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCELL PRESSen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectIonizable groupsen
dc.subjectElectrostatic interactionsen
dc.subjectConformational-changesen
dc.subjectCharge optimizationen
dc.subjectCalculating pk(a)sen
dc.subjectProtonation stateen
dc.subjectHIV-1en
dc.subjectProteaseen
dc.subjectFree-energyen
dc.subjectPredictionen
dc.titleStatistics and Physical Origins of pK and Ionization State Changes upon Protein-Ligand Bindingen
dc.title.serialBiophysical Journalen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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