Analysis of the impact of solvent on contacts prediction in proteins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The correlated mutations concept is based on the assumption that interacting protein residues coevolve, so that a mutation in one of the interacting counterparts is compensated by a mutation in the other. Approaches based on this concept have been widely used for protein contacts prediction since the 90s. Previously, we have shown that water-mediated interactions play an important role in protein interfaces. We have observed that current "dry" correlated mutations approaches might not properly predict certain interactions in protein interfaces due to the fact that they are water-mediated.

Results

The goal of this study has been to analyze the impact of including solvent into the concept of correlated mutations. For this purpose we use linear combinations of the pr

SUBMITTER: Samsonov SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2676287 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature