Abstract
Brownian computations were directed at Ribonuclease A (RNase A) and variants in folded states so as to quantify information of the statistical type at the atom/covalent bond level. This advanced the research reported in this journal last year on the information properties of enzyme primary structure. Brownian computation data are illustrated for a sixteen-member library. The results identify signature traits that distinguish the folded wild type (WT) molecule from variants. The distinctions are explainable in terms of correlated information and dispersion energy. The Brownian tools used for this study can be directed at other protein families (e.g., kinases, isomerases, etc.) in rapid screening, QSAR, and design applications.
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Abbreviations
- PDB:
-
Protein data bank
- RNase A:
-
Ribonuclease A
- RNA:
-
Ribonucleic acid
- QSAR:
-
Quantitative structure activity relation
- CI:
-
Correlated information
- MI:
-
Mutual information
- WT:
-
Wild type
- ABA:
-
Atom-bond-atom
- 1D:
-
One dimensional
- 3D:
-
Three dimensional
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Graham, D.J., Greminger, J.L. On the information expressed in enzyme structure: more lessons from ribonuclease A. Mol Divers 15, 769–779 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11030-011-9307-4
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