Title
Periodic rigidity of protein crystal structures
Abstract
We initiate in silico rigidity-theoretical studies of protein crystal structures, with the goal to determine if, and how, the interactions among neighboring crystal cells affect the flexibility of biological unit. We use an efficient graph-based algorithm for rigidity analysis, and other tools available through the KINARI-Web server developed in our group. For the RNase A protein (PDB file 5RSA), which has the remarkable property of being functionally active even when crystallized, we found that the individual protein and its crystal form retain the flexibility parameters between the two states. By contrast, other proteins in our data set aggregated in larger rigid clusters when analyzed as crystals.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ICCABS.2012.6182631
ICCABS
Keywords
Field
DocType
periodic rigidity,protein crystal structure,crystal form,larger rigid cluster,biological unit,flexibility parameter,efficient graph-based algorithm,neighboring crystal cell,pdb file,kinari-web server,individual protein,biomechanics,proteins,crystallisation,pdb,enzymes,crystallography,crystal structure,molecular biophysics,protein crystallography,shear modulus,rigidity
Rigidity (psychology),Protein crystallization,Cluster (physics),Crystallography,Biology,Crystal,Molecular biophysics,Bioinformatics,RNase P,Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB),Periodic graph (geometry)
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.49
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pamela Clark1111.33
Jessica Grant2100.92
Samantha Monastra3100.92
Filip Jagodzinski47114.83
Ileana Streinu551064.64