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Unraveling motion in proteins by combining NMR relaxometry and molecular dynamics simulations: A case study on ubiquitin

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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation experiments shine light onto the dynamics of molecular systems in the picosecond to millisecond timescales. As these methods cannot provide an atomically resolved view of the motion of atoms, functional groups, or domains giving rise to such signals, relaxation techniques have been combined with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to obtain mechanistic descriptions and gain insights into the functional role of side chain or domain motion. In this work, we present a comparison of five computational methods that permit the joint analysis of MD simulations and NMR relaxation experiments. We discuss their relative strengths and areas of applicability and demonstrate how they may be utilized to interpret the dynamics in MD simulations with the small protein ubiquitin as a test system. We focus on the aliphatic side chains given the rigidity of the backbone of this protein. We find encouraging agreement between experiment, Markov state models built in the χ1/χ2 rotamer space of isoleucine residues, explicit rotamer jump models, and a decomposition of the motion using ROMANCE. These methods allow us to ascribe the dynamics to specific rotamer jumps. Simulations with eight different combinations of force field and water model highlight how the different metrics may be employed to pinpoint force field deficiencies. Furthermore, the presented comparison offers a perspective on the utility of NMR relaxation to serve as validation data for the prediction of kinetics by state-of-the-art biomolecular force fields.

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Authors
Champion, C., Lehner, M., Smith, A. A., Ferrage, F., Bolik-Coulon, N., & Riniker, S.
Affiliations
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • Leipzig University (DE)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
Corresponding author
Riniker, Sereina
Venue
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Published
2024-03-11
Volume
160
Issue
10
ISSN
  • 0021-9606 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7690
OpenAlex
W4392649013
Cited by
11
References
97
Citations by year
2025: 8 · 2024: 3
FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • ChemRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • ETH Zürich Research Collection
Funders
  • European Research Council (FET-Open call, Grant Agreement 899683 (HIRES-MULTIDYN))
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (450148812)
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
Keywords
ubiquitin, protein dynamics, NMR relaxometry, molecular dynamics simulation, Markov state models, romance, force field validation, water model, side chain mobility
MeSH terms
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Proteins, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Ubiquitin, Molecular Dynamics Simulation

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